素人
N2しろうと shirouto
- amateur
- novice
noun
Chinese meanings
外行;业余者
Examples
- 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.大多数法律术语对外行来说难以理解。
- 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.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"
}
}