素人
しろうと
amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice
JLPT N2 Common word Intermediate Japanese L12
Meanings
Noun
amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice- respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
- unlicensed prostituteArchaic
Example sentences
僕も素人です。
I'm a beginner, too.
ただの素人だよ。
He's just an amateur.
トムはただの素人だ。
Tom is just an amateur.
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You're a professional, and I'm an amateur.
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Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
More examples (6)
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The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.
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It can hardly be called research... just an amateur's hobby, I'm ashamed to say.
愛することにかけては、女性こそ専門家で、男性は永遠に素人である。
When it comes to love, women are experts and men eternal novices.
その頃は自転車の流行り出した始めで、下手な素人がそこでも此処でも人を轢いたり、塀を突き破ったりした。
At that time, bicycles were just starting to get popular and, here and there, there were many unskilled beginners who ran into people and broke through their hedges.
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He is an amateur gardener, but his flowers are beautiful.
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The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.