使用者|しようしゃshiyousha

Common
Definitions
  1. nounuser; consumer
    特定とくていの文脈ぶんみゃくでどんな語ごを使つかうべきか知しっている人ひとは語ごの有効ゆうこうな使用者しようしゃである。↗
    An effective writer is one who knows what sort of words should be employed in any specific context.
  2. nounemployer
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym使い手つかいてNeutralSomeone who actually uses a thing or service, and also a highly skilled hand; 「使用者」 leans legal and formal.
  • SynonymユーザーNeutralLoanword for user, mostly for IT and products; the most common choice in everyday use.
  • Synonym利用者りようしゃNeutralSomeone who uses a facility or service, as in 「図書館の利用者」; more common than 「使用者」 for public services.
  • Synonym雇い主やといぬしNeutralAn employer or boss, common in everyday speech; labor law uses 「使用者」.
  • Related雇用主こようぬしNeutralThe party that employs and pays workers; formal, and in labor law the term is 「使用者」.
  • Antonym雇い人やといにんNeutralA person who is hired — the opposite side from the employer 「使用者」; it can also mean the employer.

For IT products say 「ユーザー」, for public services 「利用者」, and for an employer 「雇い主」. 「使用者」 is the legal term for the employer in labor law and also covers users of things or facilities; employees are legally 「使用人」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 場所ばしょや物ものを使用しようしたり、利用りようしたりする人ひと。
  2. 他人たにんを指示しじし、労働ろうどうさせる人ひと。
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