How to say "chemist" in Japanese

• 薬剤師やくざいしCommon
  nounFor 'chemist' meaning a person qualified to prepare and dispense medicines (the British use of the word); the common word for such a professional, as at a hospital or pharmacy counter.
  薬剤師やくざいしは処方しょほうどおりに調合ちょうごうしてくれた。↗

  The pharmacist made up the prescription for me.
• ケミスト
  nounThe loanword for 'chemist' as a scientist or technical specialist in chemistry, as in research or product development; it is less common, and 化学者 expresses the same idea in native vocabulary.
• 化学者かがくしゃ
  nounCovers 'chemist' in the scientific sense: a person who studies or researches chemistry, at a university or in industry. It does not refer to a pharmacist or to a shop.
  私の友人ゆうじんには２人ふたりの研究者けんきゅうしゃがいる。一人ひとりは言語学げんごがく者しゃで、もう一人ひとりは化学者かがくしゃだ。↗

  Two of my friends are researchers; one is a linguist, the other a chemist.
• ファーマシー
  nounThe loanword for the shop itself — a pharmacy or drugstore, i.e. British 'chemist' as a place; it does not refer to a person, and being less common, it is seldom the word you want.
• 薬舗やくほ
  nounA drugstore or pharmacy — 'chemist' as the shop rather than the person; it is less common, and only occasionally the right choice for 'chemist'.

For a person, 薬剤師 is the common word for a dispenser of medicines (British 'chemist'), while 化学者 or 「ケミスト」 means a scientist of chemistry; for the shop, 「ファーマシー」 or 薬舗, both less common.

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• 薬剤師やくざいしpharmacist
• ケミストchemist
• 化学者かがくしゃchemist
• ファーマシーpharmacy
• 薬舗やくほdrugstore
• 薬店やくてんpharmacy (esp. one without facilities to prepare its own medicines)
• 薬種屋やくしゅやapothecary
• 薬種商やくしゅしょうapothecary
• 売薬商ばいやくしょうdruggist
• 薬屋くすりやpharmacist