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素人しろうと

N2
しろうと shirouto
  1. amateur
  2. novice
noun

Chinese meanings

外行;业余者

Examples

  • 法ほう律りつ用よう語ごの大たい半はんは素人しろうとにはわかりにくい。
    Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
    大多数法律术语对外行来说难以理解。
  • その協きょう会かいは設せつ立りつ以い来らい、素人しろうとの入にゅう会かいを断ことわってきた。
    The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.
    那个协会成立以来一直拒绝业余者入会。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('607a46e623'); // 素人
{
  "id": "607a46e623",
  "word": "素人",
  "reading": "しろうと",
  "romaji": "shirouto",
  "meanings": [
    "amateur",
    "novice"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1397270,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "法律用語の大半は素人にはわかりにくい。",
      "furigana": "{法律用語|ほうりつようご}の{大半|たいはん}は{素人|しろうと}にはわかりにくい。",
      "en": "Much legal language is obscure to a layman.",
      "tatoeba_id": 82648
    },
    {
      "ja": "その協会は設立以来、素人の入会を断ってきた。",
      "furigana": "その{協会|きょうかい}は{設立|せつりつ}{以来|いらい}、{素人|しろうと}の{入会|にゅうかい}を{断|ことわ}ってきた。",
      "en": "The association has excluded amateurs ever since its foundation.",
      "tatoeba_id": 211427
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5daff7e80604cfb49d43e9ea20fabfae5764a5210708ed358305fb9a86778751",
    "meanings": [
      "外行",
      "业余者"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "法律用語の大半は素人にはわかりにくい。",
        "zh": "大多数法律术语对外行来说难以理解。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "その協会は設立以来、素人の入会を断ってきた。",
        "zh": "那个协会成立以来一直拒绝业余者入会。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/607a46e623",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1397270; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "9a3ad89121ad91abd939af5860aaba1b759b8c11cdee5546998601d5e390cfe2"
  }
}