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素人 (しろうと): layman, amateur, novice — Japanese vocabulary

素人 is read しろうと and means "layman, amateur, novice". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

素人

Reading
しろうと · shirouto
Translation
layman, amateur, novice
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しろうとがしろうとが

Example

法律用語の大半は素人にはわかりにくい。

ほうりつようごのたいはんはしろうとにはわかりにくい。

Much legal language is obscure to a layman.

Kanji in this word

  • 素 — element, plain
  • 人 — person

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