科 学 者(かがくしゃ)

かがくしゃ

noun

scientist

occupation

1. scientist

A person who conducts scientific research or works in a scientific field.

科学者(かがくしゃ)になりたい。

I want to become a scientist.

偉大(いだい)な科学者(かがくしゃ)が新(あたら)しい発見(はっけん)をした。

A great scientist made a new discovery.

世界中(せかいじゅう)の科学者(かがくしゃ)がこの問題(もんだい)の解決(かいけつ)に取(と)り組(く)んでいる。

Scientists from around the world are working on solving this problem.

A person who studies or works in the natural sciences. 科学者(かがくしゃ) covers scientists broadly, from physicists to biologists, and is the standard general term.

Common patterns

科学(かがく) (science) + 者(しゃ) (person). The ～者(しゃ) suffix indicates a person who practices or specializes in something.

Related words

科学(かがく) — science
研究者(けんきゅうしゃ) — researcher
学者(がくしゃ) — scholar; academic

CAUTION — HOMOPHONES:

科学者(かがくしゃ) — scientist (from 科学(かがく), science)
化学者(かがくしゃ) — chemist (from 化学(かがく), chemistry)
In speech, 化学(かがく) is sometimes pronounced ばけがく to avoid confusion

Related Words

Related: 研究者(けんきゅうしゃ) (researcher)

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