Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 の 所しょ 有ゆう 者しゃ が 変か わる for the ownership of something to change hands
The ownership of that land changed hands last year.
所しょ 有ゆう 者しゃ に 連れん 絡らく する to contact the owner
I contacted the owner of the phone I found.
所しょ 有ゆう 者しゃ として 登とう 録ろく する to register as the owner
I bought a new car and registered myself as the owner.
Related words· 6 持ち主 is the everyday, informal word for whoever owns something (a lost umbrella, a pet), while 所有者 is the formal term used in legal, administrative, and real-estate contexts.
オーナー is a loanword typically used for owners of businesses, shops, or sports teams and sounds more casual or commercial than the formal, legal-sounding 所有者 .
所有者 is a formal legal term for the owner of property in general, while 飼い主 specifically and warmly refers to someone who keeps a pet or animal.
所有者 is the general term for the owner of any kind of property, while 馬主 specifically refers to the owner of a horse, especially a racehorse.
Show 2 more Show fewer 船主 specifically means the owner of a ship, while 所有者 is the generic word for an owner of any kind of property.
所有者 is a formal, legal term for 'owner', whereas 主 is a more colloquial word that often implies a personal or long-standing relationship with the thing owned.
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound from 所有 , 'ownership; possession,' plus 者 , 'person,' giving 'person who owns or possesses something.'
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