素人 (Shirouto) is a Japanese noun meaning “amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice”.
Meanings
- nounamateur; layman; ordinary person; novice
- nounrespectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
- noununlicensed prostitute
Examples
それは素人考えだ。
That's a layman's idea.
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.
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).