I was SHOKUed when she said she wanted to GYOU into BUSINESS.

Q: What's your Profession?
A: I'm in the FOOD (SHOKU) industry, GYOU-za to be exact.

医 = doctor
者 = person

Literally a doctor person.

Both 医師 and 医者 refer to a person who practices medicine, but 医師 emphasizes the professional qualification, while 医者 is more general and colloquial.

He isha医者　doctor

Yeesha, that looks bad. You should see a doctor.

physICIAn (fizz-ISHIA-n)

First Kanji looks like a letter in another letter. They locked the little letter, a DOCTOR, up because its patient died by surgical error. Second Kanji looks like a letter cut diagonally with a line, because that's what some DOCTORs do, they cut.

The character on the left looks like a patient on a bed, and the character on the right is the doctor with a crossbody bag full of medicines and tools to treat the patient.

Same sound as in Grisha(いしゃ)　yaëger who is a doctor and the father of protagonist in Attack on titan

いしゃ sounds like いしだ who is a doctor character in Bleach

Hes a doctor or physISHIYAn.

HE SHOt いしゃ me! I need a Doctor.

In the sentai series King ogher: ISHAbana is the land of Doctors and beauty

More modern usage of the word 看護婦 which has the kanji 婦 which implies woman. 看護師 is more gender neutral.

I’ve been hurt KAN you GO get her, SHI is a nurse.

かん you ごし a nurse for that wound?

The NURSE said "You KANGOSHI (Can go Sir)" so I finally left the hospital and returned home.

nurse is 看護師 /kangoshi/, while lawyer is 弁護士 /bengoshi/
that's because you CAN /kan/ become a nurse, but lawyer.. only BEN can.....

Had a idle talk (かんご、閑語) with a nurse (かんご、看護) in the hospital. She (し) was nice.

If you get sick, you KAN GO SHI (see) the *nurse*
She'll watch over you 看 and protect you 護 cause she's an expert! 師

"KANa is a nurse? Oh my GOSHI!"

I can go! She (the nurse かんごし)
just signed the discharge.

They say doctors like to go golfing, but nurses CAN GOLF too.

The more modern term for a nurse is 看護師/かんごし

Pitch accent: かんご＼ふ³.

歯科医 (しかい) — the dentist as a medical professional (the person).
It's more formal and is often used when talking about the occupation or profession.

🔷 歯科医になる = become a dentist

歯医者 (はいしゃ) — the everyday word for dentist, it can refer either to the dentist or the dental clinic.
It's the word you normally use when saying that you're going to the dentist.

🔷 歯医者へ行く = go to the dentist (clinic / see a dentist)

In casual conversation, 歯医者 is much more common. 歯科医 sounds more professional or official.

Source: [ja.hinative.com]

She kind (しかい) of reminds me of my dentist

I love my BIYOUSHI artist. He makes me feel BIYOUSHIful!

教師
General word for “teacher” (profession). Neutral, used in writing or formal contexts.

先生
Polite title for a teacher (and doctors, etc.). Used when addressing or referring respectfully.

教員
Formal/official term for teaching staff (used in schools, documents). More bureaucratic.

教授
“Professor” at a university. Specific rank/title, higher than regular teachers.

教諭
Licensed teacher at elementary/junior high/high school. Official job title within schools.

先生 can be used as a profession or as a title, and you can call a lawyer or a doctor with sensei. But 教師 is the teacher profession.

A teacher would not call themselves 先生, but they’ll use 教師 to describe their profession.

教室・きょうしつ・classroom
教師・きょうし・teacher

In Avatar™ The Last Airbender™, Avatar Kyoshi was a teacher to Aang.

Imagine Yoshi (from Mario), holding a big key, and teaching a class in front of a chalkboard. KEY-YOSHI is a TEACHER.

Today (KYOU), SHE will teach class at school because she is a TEACHER.

教師
General word for “teacher” (profession). Neutral, used in writing or formal contexts.

先生
Polite title for a teacher (and doctors, etc.). Used when addressing or referring respectfully.

教員
Formal/official term for teaching staff (used in schools, documents). More bureaucratic.

教授
“Professor” at a university. Specific rank/title, higher than regular teachers.

教諭
Licensed teacher at elementary/junior high/high school. Official job title within schools.

先 = ahead
生 = (in) life

A teacher is someone who shares their experiences gained from typically being older than you.

Teachers came to life 生 before 先 students .

Teachers (先生) teach you everything you need to know before (先) you start life (生) away from your parents

せん せい
"Sen, say what three plus three is now or it's no lunch for you."

The second kanji almost looks like a smaller version of the first one. The first one is the teacher, the second, smaller one is the student trying to copy him. His form is a little different though, he still has things to learn from his sensei!

Before 先 moving through the birth of life 生, you should consult a せんせい

My astrology 占星 (せんせい) teacher 先生 (せんせい) is called Sen「せん」and always says「せい」weird things.

kanji: teacher's previous life

Our teacher's 先生 name is Sen「せん」.
He always arrives to class *before* 先 us and always *ahead* 先 of us.
He likes to say「せい」 that knowledge will be useful in life 生.

Johnny Cash(u) was a singer.

All singers like cashew nuts.

Give a hand 手 to the singer for their song 歌! 👏👏👏

Singers like to be paid in cash (かしゅ)

A singer/歌手 needs a hand/手 to hold a microphone to sing a song/歌. My favorite singer's stage name is cashew/かしゅ!

(Cashew) かしゅ, the singing squirrel, rocked the forest with a nutty voice and catchy tunes!

momocashew, the singer of the group Mili. かしゅ - cashew

Jimin loves cashews (kashuu)

Cash? EW!!! All singers prefer PayPal

Her singing was as smooth as cashew butter

Singers earn lots of cash(u) かしゅ

Singers have fans. When fans come they yelp か「KA!」then しゅ「shoo!」

In reference to the above note, 運転手 is "driver" in the sense of an occupation or activity, while 運転者 is the "position" of the person in the car (in the sense of "driver" and "passenger".) Everyone that drives a car is an 運転者 when they are driving it, but only some people (such as a trucker or taxi driver) are 運転手.

The driver didn't have the untenshu of running over that person

You have to be un-tense (untenshu) to be a skilled driver.

Another version of this you probably know is 漫画家 - mangaka

When I see the 「家」kanji in the context of performers/artists, I think "they do it to put a roof over their head"

To gauge (げいじゅ) his skills as an artist, I asked him to carve (つか) my face on this piece of wood

Pitch is flat

A general term for anyone who specialises in making works of art in any field (music, painting, craft etc.), but often used to refer to professional writers who publish books.

(Stories/Novels)
Production 作
Professional 家

As compared to 作者, 作家 is someone who creates (by writing usually) as a *profession*.

作家（さっか）a creator of artistic written works in general; broader and more literary. Can include novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, etc.
小説家（しょうせつか）a novelist specifically; someone who writes novels / fiction narratives.

Author's are no suckers (さっか）when it comes to writing!

Authors are people who (makes) novels writing at (home)

Many authors (さっか) love soccer (サッカー)

An author always produces 作 their work at home 家

This author writes novels about soccer (さっか)

Writers love to play SA KA

Authors like writing about fish (魚/さかな)

警官 is a broad term used to refer to any member of a police force.
警察官 is a formal term for police officer.
巡査 is a specific rank, equivalent to "police constable" or "patrol officer".
お巡りさん is an informal and friendly term for "police officer", often used by children or in casual conversation.
警察 refer to the police as an institution.

kay, can (けいかん) i go now mr officer?

It's good to keep a good relationship (かんけい) with the police (けいかん)

If the police pulls you over, you might say “oKEI i KAN stop for you”

Police officers work for the government (官) and admonish citizens who don’t follow the commandments / laws (警)

i spilt keikan the officers uniform (cake on)

The policemen always have their けいtai with them, so they かん call for reinforcements.

a good police officer (けいかん) has friendly relationships (かんけい) with his fellow policemen

There's a cake on (keikan) the loose, someone call the police!

警官 is a broad term used to refer to any member of a police force.
警察官 is a formal term for police officer.
巡査 is a specific rank, equivalent to "police constable" or "patrol officer".
お巡りさん is an informal and friendly term for "police officer", often used by children or in casual conversation.
警察 refer to the police as an institution.

If speaking to an officer in the street, use お巡りさん.

If speaking to a higher ranking officer, use 警察官, especially if the conversation is serious.

If you know the officer's surname, or they tell you, you should use surname+san.

警察官 police officer
お巡りさん patrol officer

さつ　is a colloquialism similar to the English "cop". Not a very respectful term

The police man is watching the robber using a KEY to open the SATCHel while his KANgaroo buddy is watching out.

警官 is a broad term used to refer to any member of a police force.
警察官 is a formal term for police officer.
巡査 is a specific rank, equivalent to "police constable" or "patrol officer".
お巡りさん is an informal and friendly term for "police officer", often used by children or in casual conversation.
警察 refer to the police as an institution.

A patrolman i.e. a police officer that is assigned a route to patrol. In Japan, this would typically be a uniformed officer assigned a police box.

Often used interchangeably with 警察官{けいさつかん} in the same manner that patrolman and police officer would be in English.

おまわりさん = lit. honourific お + "someone who goes around (on patrol)"

A somewhat childish way to say policeman.

If speaking to an officer in the street, use お巡りさん.

If speaking to a higher ranking officer, use 警察官, especially if the conversation is serious.

If you know the officer's surname, or they tell you, you should use surname+san.

Less formal than 警察官, often used by children when referring to police officers.

Oh! My worries are solved with the police officer here!

Oh Ma! The wary policeman is here!

A person who checks the surroundings (mawari)

For those of us with Dutch grandparents: Oma worries (about her) son, the police officer.

Oh my worry san (おまわりさん). The respected person that makes me worry. (I grew up in a neighborhood where police are scary, so if you did too this mnemonic might stick).