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第三者 (daisansha) Japanese meaning: third party | Kotomora
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名めい
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必ひつ
要よう
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The contract requires the signature of a third party.
He watched the argument as an outsider.
Usage patterns 第だい 三さん 者しゃ に 〈 事こと 〉 を 相そう 談だん する to consult a third party about a matter
Since the dispute wasn't getting resolved, we decided to consult a third party.
第だい 三さん 者しゃ の 意い 見けん を 聞き く to hear a third party's opinion
第だい 三さん 者しゃ として 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in the capacity of a third party
He was present at the negotiation as a third party.
第だい 三さん 者しゃ の 立たち 場ば から 〈 事こと 〉 を 見み る to look at a matter from a third party's perspective
Related words 部外者 is a casual word for someone who doesn't belong to a group, while 第三者 is the more formal, often legal, term for someone not party to a matter.
傍観者 specifically means a bystander who watches without getting involved, whereas 第三者 more neutrally denotes any uninvolved outside party.
第三者 is a formal, often legal term for an uninvolved third party, whereas 傍 is a casual, everyday word for outsiders looking on.
Opposites 当事者 refers to the person directly involved in a matter, the opposite of 第三者, who has no direct stake in it.
第三者 refers to an uninvolved third party, contrasted with 本人 who is directly involved as the person themselves.
Word family independent committee; third-party panel
private placement; third-party allocation
independent committee; third-party panel
Etymology Compound of 第三 (third) and 者 (person). The term is a direct translation of the English 'third party' and became common in legal and business Japanese.
We decided to hear a third party's opinion in order to make a calm judgment.
Looking at it from a third party's perspective, both sides have problems.
