How to say advocate in Japanese

主義者★【しゅぎしゃshugisha】

noun:

  • advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue

suffix noun:

  • -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)

noun:

  • socialist; communist; anarchist - archaism

Example Sentences

彼kareはhaいろいろiroiro他人taninのno欠点kettenをwoあげつらうagetsurauのにnoniうんざりunzariしてshiteしまったshimatta。そこでsokode彼らのkarerano言うiuことkotoはha何でもnanidemo、たとえtatoeどんなにdonnaniくだらなくてkudaranakuteもmoそのままsonomama認めるmitomeruことにしているkotonishiteiru。
He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.
君kimiはha軍備縮小gunbishukushouをwo支持shijiすべきsubekiだda。
You should advocate disarmament.
わざわざwazawaza憎まれ役nikumareyakuをwo買ってkatte出るderuようだyoudaがga、でもdemo一つhitotsu聞きkikiたいtaiねne。期待kitaiしているshiteiruようなyouna客kyakuがgaもしmoshi一人もmoいなかったらinakattaraどうdouすればsurebaいいiiんだnda。
I may be playing the devil's advocate, but I have to ask, what are we going to do if we don't get all the customers we expect?

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