► 名詞
者 [(2)もの] [liter] meaning: person rank: 2
☆ 彼に逆らう者は誰もいない ⇨ There is no one who rebels against him
☆ 持てる者と持たざる者 ⇨ Those who have and those who don’t. The haves and the have-nots
☆ 最近の若い者 ⇨ Young people these days (☛ Sounds a little old-fashioned)
☆ 村の者は全員知っている ⇨ I know all the villagers, everybody in the village (☛ Sounds a little old-fashioned)
► 接尾辞
者 [しゃ] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ 企業の管理者のための教育ビデオ ⇨ An educational video for corporate managers (☛ There is no clear rule for when to use 者 instead of 人(にん))
☆ 彼がこの車の主任設計者だ ⇨ He is the chief designer of this car (☛ There is no clear rule for when to use 者 instead of 人(にん))
More examples:
- 私は彼に私の歯医者を薦めた ⇨ I recommended my dentist to him
- 合理的な考えが出来ない極論者 ⇨ Extremists who cannot think logically
- 彼女は医者になることを志している ⇨ She is aspiring to be a doctor
- もぐりの医者 ⇨ A fake doctor
- 最近は往診する医者は殆どいない ⇨ Today there are few doctors who visit patients
- 映画では彼は冷酷な独裁者と描かれている ⇨ In the movie he is depicted as a cruel dictator
- 他人の失敗を嘲る者は同じ失敗を犯す ⇨ Those who laugh at other’s mistakes will make the same mistake
- ウェブサイトの登録者数 ⇨ The number of the registered users of the website
- 彼は医者に節酒することを勧められた ⇨ He was recommended by his doctor to reduce alcohol
- 彼は料理の求道者だ (きゅうどうしゃ) ⇨ He is a seeker of the ultimate art of cooking
- 担当の者に電話を回します ⇨ I forward your call to the one who is responsible to handle your call
- 犬は癌の患者を嗅ぎ分けることが出来る ⇨ Dogs can distinguish a cancer patient by smell
- 患者の容態が急変した ⇨ The condition of the patient suddenly changed
- 彼等は候補者をふるいにかけた ⇨ They filtered the candidates
- 業者は政治家に金を渡した ⇨ The contractor gave money to the politician