“Inventor” in Japanese
Short answer
Inventor in Japanese is “発明者” (hatsumeisha). Full meaning: inventor.
Other ways to say “Inventor” in Japanese
発明家
hatsumeika inventor
考案者
kouansha inventor, designer, planner
クリエイター
kurieetaa creator, inventor; creative, content creator, developer
創案者
souansha originator, inventor
元祖
ganso originator, pioneer, inventor, founder; progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
開祖
kaiso (sect) founder, apostle, originator, inventor
祖
so ancestor, forefather, progenitor; originator, pioneer, inventor, founder; grandfather
親
oya parent, parents, mother and father; dealer, banker; founder, inventor
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