1.
passenger; person on board (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle)
A person who has boarded or is aboard a plane, ship, or other transport. Formal in register, used in official announcements, news reports, and aviation/maritime contexts.
搭乗者は全員無事だった。
All passengers were safe.
搭乗者の名簿を確認してください。
Please check the passenger manifest.
この便の搭乗者数は約200名と発表された。
The number of passengers on this flight was announced as approximately 200.
Compound of 搭乗 ('boarding; embarkation') and 者 ('person'). A formal term used primarily in aviation and maritime contexts. In everyday conversation, 乗客 is far more common for 'passenger.'
USAGE:
Appears frequently in news reports about flights, accidents, and official documents. The word specifically implies the person has already boarded, not someone waiting to board. For someone who has checked in but not yet boarded, 搭乗予定者 may be used.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 搭乗者全員: all passengers on board
- 搭乗者名簿: passenger manifest
- 搭乗者数: number of passengers
- 搭乗者の安全: passenger safety
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 乗客: passenger — the everyday term for passengers on trains, buses, planes, etc.; more common in daily use
- 搭乗員: crew member — refers to crew (pilots, flight attendants), not passengers
- 旅客: traveler; passenger — formal/literary; often used in compound words like 旅客機 ('passenger plane')