達者|たっしゃtassha[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- na-adjectivein good health; healthy; well; fit; robust; strong
- na-adjectiveskilled; proficient; adept
- nounmaster; expert
Conjugation
| Plain form | 達者（たっしゃ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 達者です（たっしゃです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 達者ではない（たっしゃではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 達者ではありません（たっしゃではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 達者だった（たっしゃだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 達者ではなかった（たっしゃではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 達者で（たっしゃで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 達者に（たっしゃに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 達者なら（たっしゃなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym健やかすこやかWrittenWritten/formal prose: healthy in mind and body, as in 「健やかに育つ」 and 「心身ともに健やか」. 「達者」 also covers being skilled.
- Synonym元気げんきNeutralThe most common choice: lively and in good health, as in 「お元気ですか」. 「達者」 leans toward hale elderly people and also covers skill.
- Synonym丈夫じょうぶNeutralA sturdy body or durable objects, as in 「丈夫な体」 and 「丈夫な靴」; stresses toughness and endurance.
- Synonym剛健ごうけんWrittenWritten/formal prose: strong and vigorous in mind and body, often seen in 「質実剛健」. 「達者」 also covers being skilled.
- Synonym壮健そうけんWrittenWritten/formal prose: physically strong and healthy. Rare in modern usage, seen mainly in letter greetings. 「達者」 also covers being skilled.
- Synonym健勝けんしょうFormalFormal: in good health, mostly in letter greetings such as 「ご健勝をお祈りします」. Does not refer to skill.
- Synonym勇健ゆうけんWrittenWritten/formal prose: sound and healthy in body and mind; very rare in modern usage.
- Related健全けんぜんNeutralSound in mind and body, or things working properly, as in 「健全な精神」; stresses being in a normal, sound state.
- Related健康けんこうNeutralHealth in a neutral, objective sense, as in 「健康診断」; carries no sense of skill.
- Related頑丈がんじょうNeutralSolid and firmly built, as in 「頑丈な体」 and 「頑丈な家具」; stresses sturdiness.
- Related強壮きょうそうWrittenWritten/formal prose: strong and robust; mostly seen in 「強壮剤」, with a medicinal, promotional flavor.
- Antonym不調ふちょうNeutralAntonym: in poor condition or off form, the opposite of the hale-and-hearty 「達者」.
- Antonym病弱びょうじゃくNeutralAntonym: having a weak, sickly constitution, the opposite of the robust 「達者」.
Use 「達者」 for hale, hearty good health (often elderly people) or for being skilled, as in 「お達者で」, 「口が達者」 and 「英語が達者だ」. For everyday health say 「元気」 or 「健康」; for sturdy bodies or durable things say 「丈夫」. The opposites are 「病弱」 and 「不調」.
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