仕し手て

noun

doer; performer

A literal or older-sounding noun for the person who does or performs something. In modern everyday Japanese, する人, 演者, or a more specific word is usually more natural.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、仕し手てが単たんに「それをする人ひと」を表あらわすことがある。

  In older writing, 仕手 can simply mean 'the person who does it.'

noun

shite; main role in Noh; protagonist

Technical Noh term for the principal actor or leading role, usually written シテ. It contrasts especially with ワキ, the supporting counterpart role.

• この能のうでは、シテが老ろう人じんの姿すがたで登とう場じょうする。

  In this Noh play, the shite appears in the form of an old man.

• シテとワキのやり取とりが物もの語がたりの中ちゅう心しんになる。

  The exchange between the shite and the waki becomes the center of the story.

noun

stock speculator; market operator

Stock-market term for a speculator, often one thought to be aggressively moving or manipulating a stock. Common in compounds such as 仕手株 and 仕手筋.

• 仕し手てが小こ型がた株かぶを買かい集あつめ、株かぶ価かが急きゅう騰とうした。

  Speculators bought up the small-cap stock, and its price soared.

• その銘めい柄がらには仕し手ての介かい入にゅうがうわさされている。

  There are rumors that speculators are involved in that stock.