賢けん者じゃ

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じゃ

Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

wise person; sage

Refers to a person of great wisdom, often with a philosophical or moral dimension. Can be used in both everyday and literary contexts.

彼かれは現げん代だいの賢けん者じゃと呼よばれている。
He is called a sage of the modern age.
賢けん者じゃの言こと葉ばには深ふかい知ち恵えが込こめられている。
The words of a wise person contain deep wisdom.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は賢けん者じゃとして知しられるto be known as a wise person
彼かれはその村むらで賢けん者じゃとして知しられていた。
He was known in the village as a wise man.
賢けん者じゃに教おしえを求もとめるto seek guidance from a sage
若わか者ものたちは賢けん者じゃに教おしえを求もとめて旅たびに出でた。
The young people set out on a journey to seek guidance from a sage.

Expressions

賢けん者じゃの石いしphilosopher's stone

Kanji

賢intelligent, wise, wisdom
者someone, person

Related words

賢けん人じん
賢者 and 賢人 both mean 'a wise person', but 賢人 sounds more formal and is often used in historical or Confucian contexts.
哲てつ人じん
賢者 refers broadly to someone of great wisdom, while 哲人 specifically emphasizes deep philosophical thought.

Opposites

愚ぐ者しゃ
賢者 means a wise person, while 愚者 means a fool, the direct opposite in wisdom.

Don't confuse with

学がく者しゃN3
賢者 (a wise person) and 学者 (a scholar/academic) share the suffix 者 but describe different roles—wisdom versus formal scholarship.
賢けん母ぼ
賢母 praises a mother specifically for her wisdom and virtue, while 賢者 is a general term for any wise or sage person regardless of gender or family role.

Word family

大だい賢けん者じゃ
great sage
聖せい人じん賢けん者じゃ
person of lofty virtue and great wisdom
賢けん者じゃタイム
post-coital clarity; sage time
賢けん者じゃモード
post-coital clarity; post-nut clarity

Written forms

賢者Usage100%
- けんじゃ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading けんしゃ is rare and not normally used.
- けんしゃ
けんしゃ

Etymology

Compound of 賢 (wise) and 者 (person). The reading けんじゃ is the standard on'yomi; けんしゃ is a rare alternative reading.