作さく者しゃ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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Refers to the person who created a work, such as a book, painting, piece of music, or play. The specific English word depends on the type of work.

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Who is the author of this novel?

その絵えの作さく者しゃは不ふ明めいです。

The artist of that painting is unknown.

〈物もの〉の作さく者しゃthe author/creator of a work
この漫まん画がの作さく者しゃは有ゆう名めいな作さっ家かです。
The creator of this manga is a famous author.
作さく者しゃの意い図とthe author's intention
作さく者しゃの意い図とを読よみ取とるのは難むずかしい。
It's hard to grasp the author's intention.
作さく者しゃに問とい合あわせるto contact the author
質しつ問もんがあれば作さく者しゃに問とい合あわせてください。
If you have questions, please contact the author.

著ちょ者しゃN3
著者 is the more formal term used for the author of a written work, especially in academic or bibliographic contexts, while 作者 covers creators of any kind of work such as books, paintings, or music.
作さっ家かN3
作家 refers to someone who is professionally a novelist or writer, while 作者 simply names whoever created a specific work, regardless of occupation.
筆ひっ者しゃN3
筆者 specifically means the writer of a particular piece of text like an essay or article, while 作者 is broader and applies to creators of any type of work.
著ちょ作さく者しゃ
著作者 is a legal or copyright term for the person holding authorship rights, while 作者 is the everyday general word for whoever made a work.

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クリエイター
作者 is the traditional Japanese term for the author or creator of a literary or artistic work, while クリエイター is a modern loanword with a broader, media/tech-oriented feel.
書かき手てN2
作者 is a formal, literary term for the creator of a work, while 書き手 is a more casual, general word emphasizing the act of writing itself.

語かたり手て
語り手 is the voice that narrates the story within the work, whereas 作者 is the actual author who wrote it, and the two are not necessarily the same.

From 作 (saku, 'make, create') + 者 (sha, 'person'). The reading さくしゃ is the standard on'yomi combination.

biographer

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