伝道師(でんどうし)

でんどうし
noun
evangelist; missionary; advocate
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1. evangelist; missionary
A person who spreads a religious faith, especially Christianity.
伝道師(でんどうし)が村(むら)を訪(おとず)れた。
A missionary visited the village.
彼(かれ)は若(わか)い頃(ころ)、アフリカで伝道師(でんどうし)として活動(かつどう)していた。
When he was young, he worked as a missionary in Africa.
明治時代(めいじじだい)に来日(らいにち)した伝道師(でんどうし)たちは、布教(ふきょう)だけでなく教育(きょういく)や医療(いりょう)にも貢献(こうけん)した。
The missionaries who came to Japan during the Meiji period contributed not only to spreading their faith but also to education and medicine.
2. evangelist; passionate advocate
A person who enthusiastically promotes a cause, idea, or product (figurative use).
彼(かれ)はIT業界(ぎょうかい)の伝道師(でんどうし)だ。
He's an evangelist in the IT industry.
和食(わしょく)の伝道師(でんどうし)として世界中(せかいじゅう)で活躍(かつやく)している。
They are active worldwide as an evangelist for Japanese cuisine.
彼女(かのじょ)は地方(ちほう)創生(そうせい)の伝道師(でんどうし)として、各地(かくち)で講演(こうえん)を行(おこな)っている。
She gives lectures around the country as an evangelist for regional revitalization.

A compound of 伝道(でんどう) (evangelism, propagation of faith) and 師(し) (master, teacher). Originally a religious term, it has gained a strong figurative use in modern Japanese to describe passionate advocates of ideas, technologies, or causes.

The figurative sense is especially common in business and technology, modeled after the English use of "evangelist" (e.g., "technology evangelist").

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 宣教師(せんきょうし): missionary — closer in meaning to the religious sense; more commonly used for Christian missionaries
  • 布教者(ふきょうしゃ): one who spreads a faith — more formal and specifically religious
  • エバンジェリスト: evangelist — the English loanword, used mainly in the business/tech figurative sense

Related Words

Compare: 宣教師(せんきょうし) (missionary)
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