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医者

医者

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しゃ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

医者 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 醫者, hiragana いしゃ, romaji isha)

  1. doctor

Alternative forms

  • お医者さん, 御医者さん (polite)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 医者 (isha).

Noun

医者 (hiragana いさ, romaji isa)

  1. doctor