個こ人じん事じ業ぎょう者しゃ

noun

sole proprietor; self-employed individual

Refers to a person running a business as an individual, without incorporating. Common in tax and business registration contexts.

• 個こ人じん事じ業ぎょう者しゃは確かく定てい申しん告こくが必ひつ要ようです。

  Sole proprietors must file a tax return.

• 彼かれは会かい社しゃを辞やめて個こ人じん事じ業ぎょう者しゃになった。

  He quit his company and became self-employed.