also: もん
person; someone of a certain type
Used to refer to a person, often with a qualifying phrase. Rarely used alone; typically appears in constructions like ...する者, ...の者, or after adjectives. The reading もん is more casual.
この仕事を任せられる者は彼しかいない。
He is the only person who can be entrusted with this job.
そんなことをする者は許せない。
I can't forgive anyone who does such a thing.
Only those who could run survived.
The strong survive.
He's a person from the countryside.
Some people agreed, while others opposed.
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
fool; idiot
lazy person; idler; slacker
fake; impostor; counterfeit
ruffian; scoundrel; thug
hard worker; industrious person
eccentric; oddball; weirdo
coward; wimp
stranger; outsider
outcast; odd one out; pariah
ruffian; villain; suspicious character · peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow · tricky thing; something more than it seems · expert; master; highly skilled person · goblin; apparition; monster; ghost
sharp person; clever and capable person
person exposed to public ridicule; pilloried criminal; public humiliation
spy; secret agent · shill; stealth advertiser
young person; youth · servant; errand boy (in a samurai family) · person of lowly status; underling
ordinary person; average person; nobody special
ruffian; rowdy person; roughneck
wanted person; fugitive
social outcast; person with a shady past · obscure person; forgotten person
you (plural, derogatory) · people; folks
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
country bumpkin; provincial · person from the same province
old person; old-fashioned person
prostitute · imposter; fraudster; trickster
immature person; person of low status
leading actor; star performer · leading figure; leader; central person
yakuza; gangster
Colloquial or dialectal variant of もの. Often used in casual speech.