ファイター

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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Refers to a person who fights, especially in combat sports, or metaphorically someone with a fighting spirit. Also used for fighter aircraft.

He stood in the ring as a professional fighter.

彼かの女じょは病びょう気きと闘たたかう強つよいファイターだ。

She is a strong fighter battling illness.

〈人ひと〉はファイターだto describe someone as having a fighting spirit
彼かれは最さい後ごまで諦あきらめないファイターだ。
He's a fighter who never gives up until the end.
ファイターとして戦たたかうto fight as a fighter (in a competition)
彼かの女じょはプロのファイターとして戦たたかっている。
She fights as a professional fighter.

戦せん士し
戦士 is a native Japanese word evoking a warrior in a traditional or heroic sense, while ファイター is a modern loanword focused on combat sports or personal fighting spirit.
格かく闘とう家か
格闘家 specifically means a professional martial artist or combat-sports athlete, whereas ファイター can describe anyone who fights, even metaphorically.
闘とう士し
ファイター is the casual loanword for a fighter, especially in sports like boxing, while 闘士 is more literary and can apply to political or ideological struggles too.

ボクサー
ボクサー refers only to a boxer, while ファイター is a broader term covering any kind of fighter, including other combat sports or a fighting spirit.

Borrowed from English 'fighter'.