其それ者しゃ

noun

expert; master; adept

Historical term for a person highly skilled in a particular art, profession, or trade. Now rare; modern Japanese would use 達人, 名人, or 専門家.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、剣けん術じゅつの其それ者しゃとして名なを残のこす者ものがいる。

  In Edo-period documents, there are those who are remembered as masters of swordsmanship.

noun

geisha; prostitute

Historical euphemism for a geisha or prostitute, used in the pleasure quarters. Now archaic; modern terms are 芸者 or 遊女.

• 其それ者しゃは、かつて花か街がいで芸げいを披ひ露ろうした女じょ性せいを指さした。

  其れ者 once referred to women who performed arts in the red-light district.