希望者

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 希望者(きぼうしゃ) refers to someone who wishes to participate, use something, or take a similar opportunity.
• Basic usage: It appears when recruiting people wishing to join a tour or describing how many are interested in a course.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Interest and application stages
  • 希望者 is someone interested, while 申込者 is someone who has applied. A person can be interested before submitting an application.
• の linking what is desired
  • 見学の希望者 means people wishing to join a tour.