Meaning of 素人 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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素人JLPT 2
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Kana Readingしろうと
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Romajishirōto
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- amateur; novice
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Example Sentences
素人, しろうと used in context
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It can hardly be called research... just an amateur's hobby, I'm ashamed to say.
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Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
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He is an amateur gardener, but his flowers are beautiful.
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That's a layman's idea.
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The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.
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The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.
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