当事者

See also: 當事者

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 当事者 – see 當事者 (“the party involved”). (This term is the simplified form of 當事者).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当	事	者
とう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
當事者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

当事(とうじ) (tōji) + 者(しゃ) (-sha)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーじしゃ [tòójíꜜshà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːʑiɕa̠]

Noun

当(とう)事(じ)者(しゃ) • (tōjisha) 

1. the person concerned; the party involved
   • 2025 August 10 (last accessed), 大椿ゆうこ, quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　厚生労働委員会　第11号　令和7年5月8日 [217th Diet, House of Councillors, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, No. 11, May 8, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library]:

     当事者にとっては、本当にこの障害年金というのは、ライフラインというか、生きていくために必要ですよね。

     Tōjisha ni totte wa, hontō ni kono shōgai nenkin to iu no wa, raifurain to iu ka, ikite iku tame ni hitsuyō desu yo ne.

     For those affected, disability pensions are truly a lifeline, something they need to survive.

References

• “当事者”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026