Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 玄人(くろうと) in Japanese

玄人
JLPT 1
Kana Reading
くろうと
Romaji
kurōto
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    expert (professional) in a given trade or profession
    Example sentence
    彼は玄人にちかい。 He is almost professional.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine

Examples of 玄人, くろうと in a sentence

Kanji in this word

玄 JLPT 1

5 strokes

mysterious, occultness

On'Yomi: ゲン

Kun'Yomi:

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人 JLPT 5

2 strokes

person

On'Yomi: ジン, ニン

Kun'Yomi: ひと, -り, -と

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