Meanings
Suffix
1. -ist; -er
used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (334 in total)
inside the home; one's family
family crest
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
Confucianist
vassal; retainer
employer's house; master's house
furniture
karate practitioner
family court
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
family which supports a temple; parishioner
master; expert; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family
philatelist; stamp collector
fortunes of a family
family; members of a family
wealthy person
painter; artist
family lineage
private house
house where one was born; one's parents' house
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
charitable person; philanthropist; volunteer; supporter
novelist; fiction writer
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
good family; respectable family; decent family
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
domicile; premises
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
politician; statesman
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
house; building
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
Imperial Court
head of family; originator
house; dwelling; human habitation
house where one was born; one's parents' house
steward; butler
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
hard worker; hardworking person
household economy; family finances
architect
critic; reviewer; commentator
historian
patriarch; family head
investor
revolutionary
head of the house
family status
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
thinker
capitalist; financier
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
photographer
martial artist; fighter
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
businessman; industrialist
adventurer
ambitious person
domestic; in the family
performing musician
researcher; student (of)
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
producer; director
avid reader; bookworm
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
epicure; gourmet
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
engraver; carver; sculptor
family tradition
martial artist
rakugo story teller; comic story teller
martial artist
family tree
one's family; one's clan
devoted husband
mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat
lawyer; jurist
various families; various schools of thought
playwright; dramatist
country home; farmhouse; cottage
diligent student; studious person
glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
theorist
historian
banker; bank proprietor; bank manager
optimist; easy-going person
(historical) hereditary stipend
dreamer
mountain climber; mountaineer
private house; one's own house
translator
one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
wasteful person; spendthrift
entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
educator; teacher
tactician; strategist
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house
writer; author; literary person; one who lives from writing
industrialist; entrepreneur
key animator; lead animator
enterprising man; businessman; industrialist
thrifty person; frugal person; economizer
wealthy individual; person of wealth
activist; campaigner; crusader (e.g. for women's rights); athlete; sporty person
steward; butler; attendant
a Taoist
family tradition
artist who produces Western-style paintings
conspirator; plotter
staying at home
idealist
small and simple home
soldier; tactician; strategist
charitable person; philanthropist
wine shop; liquor store; pub; heavy drinker
occupant of a house; family member; household member (incl. servant)
traveller; traveler
dairy farmer
wealthy and powerful family
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
one's homeland; one's old home
orator; eloquent speaker; accomplished orator
hen-pecked husband
practical individual
lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
dreamer; daydreamer; visionary
poor home
(my) elder brother
virtuous person
your home
tactician; strategist
houseboy; manservant
judo practitioner; judoka
the imperial family or household
doctor
Shintoist
collected waka poems (of a single poet)
very wealthy person; millionaire
person with a sharp tongue
judge; appraiser
family property
person with a head for business
domestic uses
loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist
portrait painter
passionate person
kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person
man of letters; writer
dog lover; person who loves dogs
superstitious person
calligrapher
demagogue; agitator
individual investor
aviator; pilot
Japanophile
pedigree; genealogy
thinker
construction of a house (divination term); form of a house
writer; author
speaker; orator
landscape artist; landscape painter; landscapist
horticulturist
scholar of Japanese mathematics; expert of Japanese maths
lustful person
man of affairs
diligent worker; hard worker
family code
pious man; religionist
sensible person
pessimist
sociable person
beekeeper; apiarist
creative writer
book collector
economical person; thrifty person; saver
the whole family; the whole house
politician
practical person; man of action; doer
family custom
emotional person
talkative person; chatterbox
bibliophile
lecher; philanderer
(skilled) writer; essayist
diplomat; diplomatic person
neijia (Chinese martial arts style); internal martial arts
lawyer; legalism (school of Chinese philosophy)
brewer; distiller; vintner
sophist
film critic; movie critic
art historian
big eater; trencherman; glutton
heirloom; trump card; last resort; family tradition
related family
household possessions
veteran; expert
Buddhist; researcher of Buddhism
man of influence
watercolorist; watercolourist; watercolor painter; watercolour painter
ladies' man
craftsman; artisan
Buddhist temple
reactionary
homeless; family in mourning
speculator; venturer
hereditary learning
letter from home
able individual; man of ability
(historical) government-backed school operated by a scholar out of his home
political tactician
person of great renown
financier
playboy; playgirl; fast liver; person with an active sex life
(male) cross-dresser; transvestite
reformer; reformist
astronomer
farmer; agriculturalist
person who dislikes smoking; anti-smoker; militant nonsmoker
financier; investor
designer
fine writer
capable person; shrewd person
gunner; artillerist
School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China
exemplary farmer; outstanding farmer
drinker; drunkard
connoisseur; judge
choreographer
contributor (e.g. to a newspaper); correspondent
statesman
frugal person
mohist; follower of mohism
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
meditator; meditation practitioner
contributor (of articles); contributing writer
sociable person
popular character
physical culturist; athlete
philanthropist
political activist
poet
(music) arranger; orchestrator
doer; person of action
the teacher's home
poultry farmer
printmaker; woodblock artist; copperplate engraver
posthouse; station; post station
breeder; grower
textile industrialist
cartographer
Royalists
person who is knowledgeable about Japan; Japanologist
governing one's family
overseas investor
grower; farmer
word from home
a doctrinaire
comic storyteller
social critic
miscellanist; miscellaneous writer
environmental activist; environmentalist
habitual drinker
connoisseur; devotee
moneymaker; money-grubber
seal engraver
furniture; fixtures
your house
financier
women's movement activist; feminist activist
decorator; ornamentalist
physiognomist
ready writer; prolific writer; productive writer
skilled writer
domestic poultry
koto player
foreign investor
Onmyōdō astrologist
good walker
expert in old writing
aikido practitioner
influential family; the man in power
consumer; customer
animator
stamp collector; philatelist
metal carver; chaser; engraver
historian of science; science historian
cross-fertilization
cross-pollination
radio operator