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歯医者
はいしゃ
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dentist
Haisha is 歯 (ha, “tooth”) plus 医者 (isha, “doctor”).
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In a sentence
彼は歯医者に行った。
He went to the dentist.
彼の職業は歯医者である。
He is a dentist by profession.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “歯(は) (ha, “tooth”) + 医者(いしゃ) (isha, “doctor”)”
Source: Wiktionary: 歯医者 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 混種語 Hybrid
- Words that mix layers, e.g. a native part with a Chinese one.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.