► 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:
- 会社は公害の被害者に対して補償することを命じられた ⇨ The company was ordered to compensate to the victim of the pollution
- 被害者は刺殺された ⇨ The victim was stabbed to death
- 医者は人の命を預かっている ⇨ Doctors are entrusted with someone’s life
- 社会の落伍者 ⇨ Social dropouts
- 彼は有名な化学者だ ⇨ He is a famous chemist
- 会社の管理者教育 ⇨ A corporate manager training program
- 同伴者 (どうはんしゃ) ⇨ An accompanying person
- 彼は大口を叩いていたのに簡単に負けて皆の笑い者になった ⇨ He was talking smack but got beaten easily and everybody laughed at him
- 驕る者は久しからず ⇨ Ones who are conceited will not last long
- 被災者の支援 ⇨ Support for disaster victims
- うちの祖母は90だがまだまだ達者だ ⇨ My grandmother is 90 but still very spry
- 彼女は権力者に強姦されて泣き寝入りするしかなかった ⇨ She was raped by a powerful man and there was nothing she could do but forget it
- 事故の当事者 ⇨ The parties directly involved in the accident
- 破産債権者 ⇨ A creditor in a bankruptcy
- 被害者の顔はぼかされている ⇨ The face of the victim is blurred out