素人

1. commoner;layman;amateur

Compound of素(しろ)(shiro,“plain,undecorated”) +人(うと)(-uto,“person”).

The term人(hito,“person”) appears in various older compounds with a root form of人(*puto → *buto → *udo, *puto → *futo → *uto). This form is never seen in isolation, and it often undergoes further phonetic changes to combine with preceding vowels. Compare the formation of仲人(nakōdo), fromnaka +udo;旅人(tabiudo), fromtabi +udo.

• (Tokyo)しろーと[shíꜜròòtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo)しろーと[shìróꜜòtò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ːto̞]

• (Tokyo)しろと[shíꜜròtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞to̞]

• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠bʲito̞]

素(しろ)人(うと)or素(しろ)人(と)or素(しら)人(びと)• (shirōtoorshirotoorshirabito) 

1. amateur,novice

   Synonym:初心者(shoshinsha)

   Antonym:玄人(kurōto)

2. respectablewoman (one who is not a prostitute, geisha, or hostess)
3. (archaic, dialectal, Kyōto)unlicensedprostitute

• “〈素人〉”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

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