科学者(かがくしゃ)

かがくしゃ
noun
scientist
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.

STRUCTURE:
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
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