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信者 (しんじゃ, shinja) Japanese meaning: believer | Kotomora
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ぶっ
教きょう
の
信しん
者じゃ
です
。
He is a devout Buddhist believer.
That politician has many followers.
Usage patterns 熱ねっ 心しん な 信しん 者じゃ a devout/enthusiastic believer
He goes to church every week as a devout believer.
〈 物もの 〉 の 信しん 者じゃ になる to become a devoted fan/devotee of (a brand, product, etc.)
She has become a devotee of that brand.
信しん 者じゃ を 増ふ やす to increase the number of followers/believers
The new religious group is trying to increase its followers.
Related words· 7 信者 in its slang sense implies obsessive, quasi-religious devotion, while ファン is the neutral, everyday word for any fan or enthusiast.
崇拝者 stresses intense reverence or worship, whereas 信者 can describe an ordinary follower of a religion or doctrine without implying such fervor.
信徒 is a more formal term for a registered member of an organized religion, while 信者 is broader and also covers casual believers and slang fanatics.
狂信者 describes someone dangerously or extremely fanatical, a much stronger and more negative word than the casual 'fanboy' sense of 信者.
Show 3 more 信者 is a broader term for any devoted follower or believer, while 教徒 specifically denotes a member of an organized religion.
信者 emphasizes devoted belief or religious/fanatical following, while フォロワー is a neutral term for anyone who follows a person, cause, or social media account.
信者 (as slang) mocks someone's blind devotion to a person or brand, similar to 厨 but focused more on fanatical belief than general obsession.
Etymology Compound of 信 (しん, 'belief, trust') and 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The meaning 'believer' is straightforward from the components. The colloquial 'fanatic' sense is a modern semantic extension.
fanatic; zealot; fervent believer
