シ
Meanings
Suffix
1. practitioner; specialist; professional; person (esp. one licensed in a certain profession); -er; -or; -ian; -ist
My older brother works as a building designer.
Noun
2. man (esp. one who is well-respected)
3. samurai
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
シ
Used in vocabulary (161 in total)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
officer
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
lawyer; attorney
samurai; warrior
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect
accountant
soldier
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
soldier; combatant; warrior
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
chivalry; samurai code
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
tactician; sorcerer
regimental soldier
samurai acting as an attendant; retainer; thane (in medieval Europe); thegn
brave warrior; hero; brave man
retainer of a daimyo
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
gladiator
ronin; lordless samurai
monk; friar
sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king
Taoist; person of high morals; Buddhist monk; immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal
musketeer
family of samurai lineage; person with samurai ancestors; shizoku; the second of three official classes in Japan in 1869-1947, consisting of former samurai
appraiser
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
country samurai
celebrity; personage
engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)
parliamentarian; member of a congress
officers and men
mechanic
high-ranking samurai (Edo period); bodhisattva
mate; navigation officer
man of letters; literary man
(professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.); motorman; mate (on a ship); officer
leading private (JSDF)
firefighter; fireman
vigorous man; man in his prime; activist for the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (Meiji period); freelance political ruffian; hired intimidator (acting under the pretext of social justice)
radio operator; telegraphist; telegraph operator; radio officer
tax counsellor; tax counselor; licensed tax accountant
soldiers
musician; bandsman
people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds
non-commissioned officer; low-ranking samurai (Edo period)
kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
Bachelor of Medicine; MB
officers and soldiers; soldiers
bullfighter; matador
astronavigator
gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people
samurai and common people
status of samurai
carer; nurse
weather forecaster
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
Deva king (guardian god at a temple gate, holding a vajra); Vajrapani
(male) nurse
judicial scrivener; judicial clerk; person qualified to prepare legal documents, handle real-estate transactions, etc.
doctor; PhD; Dr.
loyal retainer
dietitian; (licensed) nutritionist
many samurai; many gentlefolk
administrative scrivener; notary public; paralegal qualified to prepare legal documents on administrative matters, e.g. immigration
Bachelor of Arts; BA; B.A.
Bachelor of Science; BSc; BS
Bachelor of Laws; LL.B.
technician; skilled technical practitioner
hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
non-commissioned rank (in the JGSDF); (army) military academy
samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
physiotherapist; physical therapist
registered surveyor
man of noble character
Bachelor of Engineering
manly spirit; soul of a samurai
hygienist
clinical psychologist
private (JGSDF)
gentleman; man of learning and virtue
fencing master of the top rank
administrator (of a building); manager
city dweller; townspeople
mahjong player; mahjong enthusiast
paramedic; emergency medical technician
public accountant
licensed electrician
(certified) care worker
certified skilled worker (qualified under the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act); licensed craftsman
patent attorney; patent agent
discerning man
professional occupation; professional practice
recruit (former rank in the JSDF)
specialty school graduate
consulting engineer
conservator
dental technician
dental technician
male lay devotee; believer
embryologist
judge (of ancient China); judge (leader of ancient Israel)
licensed social worker; certified social worker
(professional) licensed diver
airman third class (JASDF)
occupational therapist
expert; skilled hand
men and women; the whole town
councillor; councilor; legislator
position at the imperial court in ancient China
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
Master of Business Administration; MBA
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
devoted scholar; diligent student
small and medium enterprise management consultant
registered architect with a license for wood construction
Bachelor of Commercial Science
Master of Engineering
radio communication operator
Master of Arts; MA
prosthetist and orthotist
airman second class (JASDF)
paramedic; emergency medical technician
consultant
highly skilled person; talented person
(male) public health nurse
psychiatric social worker; PSW; certified mental health social worker
psychiatric social worker; PSW; certified mental health social worker
The British Academy; The Academy
judge advocate
Doctor of Divinity
Master of Science
doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) by thesis only
certified measurer
mould room technician (radiology)
maritime judicial scrivener; marine procedure commission agent
naturopath; natural therapist
kimono maker; kimono tailor
(professional) interpreter
disaster relief specialist; disaster preparedness expert
ultrasound technician; sonographer
optometrist
maritime officer; ship's officer
speech therapist
sorcerer (in ancient China); (hermit) wizard
Examples (2 in total)
My father was a radio operator on a ship.
My older brother works as a building designer.