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利用者 (りようしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

利り用よう者しゃ

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よ

う

しゃ

Meanings

1

user; consumer; client

A person who uses a service, facility, or product. Often used in contexts like libraries, public transport, software, or commercial services.

図と書しょ館かんの利り

用よう

者しゃ

は

毎まい

年とし

増ふ

え

て

いる

。

The number of library users is increasing every year.

このアプリの利り用よう者しゃ数すうは100ひゃく万まん人にんを超こえた。

The number of users of this app has exceeded one million.

Usage patterns

利り用よう者しゃが増ふえるthe number of users increases
このアプリは利り用よう者しゃが年ねん々ねん増ふえている。
The number of users of this app is increasing year by year.
利り用よう者しゃの声こえを聞きくto listen to users' feedback
サービスを改かい善ぜんするために利り用よう者しゃの声こえを聞きいた。
We listened to users' feedback in order to improve the service.
利り用よう者しゃに配はい慮りょするto be considerate of users
高こう齢れいの利り用よう者しゃに配はい慮りょした設せっ計けいにしました。
We designed it with elderly users in mind.
〈物もの・事こと〉を利り用よう者しゃ向むけに〈動どう詞し〉to make something targeted at users
新あたらしいマニュアルを利り用よう者しゃ向むけにわかりやすく作つくった。
We made the new manual easy to understand for users.

Kanji

利profit, advantage, benefit
用utilize, business, service
者someone, person

Related words

使し用よう者しゃ
使用者 focuses on someone who operates or handles a tool, device, or employs a person, while 利用者 is the broader term for someone utilizing a service or facility.
消しょう費ひ者しゃN2
消費者 specifically means an economic consumer who buys and consumes goods, whereas 利用者 can include people who use a service without paying, like library patrons.
ユーザー
ユーザー is a casual loanword common in tech and product contexts, while 利用者 is the more formal, written term used in official or institutional settings.
登とう録ろく者しゃ
利用者 refers to anyone who actually uses a service, whereas 登録者 refers specifically to someone who has signed up or registered, whether or not they actively use it.

Opposites

管かん理り者しゃ
利用者 is the person who uses a system or facility, in contrast to 管理者, who manages and administers it.

Counted with

名めいN2
Used when counting people in formal or service contexts; 利用者 is a person, so 名 is natural here.

Word family· 28

利り用よう者しゃ名めい
user name
利用者ＩＤりようしゃあいでぃー
user ID
利り用よう者しゃ座ざ標ひょう
user coordinate

Built from

利り用よう+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 利用 (riyō, 'use, utilization') + 者 (sha, 'person'). The reading is standard on'yomi.

利り用よう者しゃ機き能のう

user facility; user function

利り用よう者しゃ登とう録ろく

user registration

Show 5 more

直ちょく接せつ利り用よう者しゃ
direct user
間かん接せつ利り用よう者しゃ
indirect user
利用者ＡＳＥりようしゃえーえすいー
user-ASE
利り用よう者しゃの登とう録ろく
user registration
利り用よう者しゃの認にん証しょう
user authentication

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