開発者(かいはつしゃ)

かいはつしゃ
noun
developer; creator; inventor
1. developer; creator; inventor
A person who develops something — software, products, technologies, land, or other projects. In modern usage, often refers to software developers.
このアプリの開発者(かいはつしゃ)は誰(だれ)ですか。
Who is the developer of this app?
開発者(かいはつしゃ)向(む)けのドキュメントが公開(こうかい)された。
Documentation for developers was released.
新(あたら)しいワクチンの開発者(かいはつしゃ)がノーベル賞(しょう)を受賞(じゅしょう)した。
The developer of the new vaccine received the Nobel Prize.

FORMATION:
開発(かいはつ) (development) + 者(しゃ) (person). The suffix ～者(しゃ) creates agent nouns from action nouns.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • ソフトウェア開発者(かいはつしゃ) (software developer)
  • アプリ開発者(かいはつしゃ) (app developer)
  • 開発者(かいはつしゃ)向(む)け (aimed at developers)
  • 開発者(かいはつしゃ)コミュニティ (developer community)

RELATED:

  • 開発(かいはつ) (development)
  • 開発元(かいはつもと) (developing company/organization)
  • デベロッパー (developer — loanword, often used for real estate developers)
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