Word · 単語
素人
Reading しろうと
amateur
- 1 amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice
- 2 respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
- 3 unlicensed prostitute
N2
JLPT
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例文 · examples
それは素人考えだ。
That's a layman's idea.
法律用語の大半は素人にはわかりにくい。
Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
彼はしろうとの庭師だが、彼の育てる花は美しい。
He is an amateur gardener, but his flowers are beautiful.
あのシロウト歌手は文句なくタレントショーで一位となった。
The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.
その協会は設立以来、素人の入会を断ってきた。
The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.