有ゆう識しき者しゃ

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Meanings

noun

expert; knowledgeable person; authority

Refers to a person with specialized knowledge or insight, often consulted in public or professional settings. Slightly formal.

有ゆう識しき者しゃ会かい議ぎで専せん門もん家かの意い見けんを聞きいた。
We heard the opinions of experts at the advisory panel meeting.
彼かれは経けい済ざいの有ゆう識しき者しゃとして知しられている。
He is known as an authority on economics.

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Usage patterns

有ゆう識しき者しゃに意い見けんを求もとめるto seek an expert's opinion
政せい府ふは有ゆう識しき者しゃに意い見けんを求もとめた。
The government sought the opinions of experts.
有ゆう識しき者しゃを招まねくto invite an expert (e.g., to a panel or hearing)
委い員いん会かいは有ゆう識しき者しゃを招まねいて話はなしを聞きいた。
The committee invited experts to hear their views.
有ゆう識しき者しゃによる〈事こと〉something conducted or produced by experts
有ゆう識しき者しゃによる報ほう告こく書しょが発はっ表ぴょうされた。
A report by experts was published.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
識discriminating, know, write
者someone, person

Related words

専せん門もん家かN2
専門家 is the everyday word for a specialist or professional in any field, while 有識者 stresses broad learnedness and is typically used for people consulted in formal or advisory settings.
識しき者しゃ
識者 is a shorter, slightly older-sounding synonym of 有識者 with essentially the same meaning.
知ち識しき人じん
知識人 focuses on being an educated, cultured intellectual in general, whereas 有識者 emphasizes being a recognized authority whose expert opinion is formally sought.
文ぶん化か人じん
有識者 is a formal term for a recognized expert often consulted in official panels, whereas 文化人 refers more generally to someone active in culture or the arts.
オピニオンリーダー
有識者 refers to a recognized expert or learned person whose opinion is sought for its authority, whereas オピニオンリーダー highlights the person's influence over public opinion more broadly.

Don't confuse with

有ゆう力りょく者しゃ
有識者 (knowledgeable expert) and 有力者 (influential/powerful person) share the 有◯者 pattern but describe very different qualities—expertise versus power or influence.

Word family

有ゆう識しき者しゃ会かい議ぎ
expert panel; advisory committee

Built from

有ゆう+識しき者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 有 (possessing) + 識 (knowledge) + 者 (person). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji composition transparently conveys 'person with knowledge'.