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職人 (しょくにん): artisan, craftsman — Japanese vocabulary

職人 is read しょくにん and means "artisan, craftsman". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

職人

Reading
しょくにん · shokunin
Translation
artisan, craftsman
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しょくにんが

Example

ケーキ職人は小さい頃からの夢でした。

ケーキしょくにんはちいさいころからのゆめでした。

From childhood I dreamed of being a pastry cook.

Kanji in this word

  • 職 — job, occupation
  • 人 — person

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