In Japanese, "doctor" is 医者 (isha). It is a noun pronounced "ee-shah".
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医者 is written in kanji. Romanised as isha, it sounds roughly like "ee-shah" to an English ear.
病院の医者はいつも忙しそうです。
Byouin no isha wa itsumo isogashisou desu.
The doctor at the hospital always looks busy.
Isha (医者) is the Japanese word for doctor. Job titles in Japanese use a variety of endings: shi (士) for licensed professionals, sha (者) for workers, while modern roles often use katakana loanwords.
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Buy on Steam医者 is romanised as isha. Say it roughly like "ee-shah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
医者 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
医者 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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