医者(いしゃ)

医者(いしゃ) is the everyday word for 'doctor' in Japanese.

Common patterns

• 医者(いしゃ)に行(い)く: to go to the doctor
• 医者(いしゃ)に診(み)てもらう: to be examined by a doctor
• 医者(いしゃ)に掛(か)かる: to see a doctor (for treatment)
• 医者(いしゃ)になる: to become a doctor

Formality levels

• お医者(いしゃ)さん: doctor (polite, child-friendly — the most common spoken form)
• 医者(いしゃ): doctor (neutral)
• 医師(いし): physician (formal/official — used in documents, news, and legal contexts)

Specialists

• 歯医者(はいしゃ): dentist
• 獣医(じゅうい): veterinarian
• 名医(めいい): renowned doctor

Proverb

医者(いしゃ)の不養生(ふようじょう): the doctor neglects their own health (equivalent to 'the cobbler's children have no shoes')