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玄人はだし

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 玄人はだし.

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Entry

玄人はだし玄人裸足ろうとはだし玄人跣Noun~の Adj.Freq #125371
1

outdoing a professional; putting an expert to shame

Examples
カラオケでの彼の歌、玄人はだしだね。
His karaoke voice would put a professional to shame.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound

5 strokesFrequency 1,409JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ゲン

Kun

くろくろ.い

Nanori

けんはるはるか

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

ひこふみ

naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed

13 strokesFrequency 1,796JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

はだか

leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

7 strokesFrequency 343JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ソク

Kun

あした.りるた.るた.す

Nanori

あすおすたらし

barefooted

13 strokes

On

セン

Kun

はだし

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