Word details

玄人

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

Dictionary

Entry

玄人黒人ろうとろとNounFreq #31644
1

expert; professional; master; connoisseur

Examples
彼は玄人にちかい。
He is almost professional.
2

woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

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

black

11 strokesFrequency 573JLPT N3Grade 2

On

コク

Kun

くろくろ.ずむくろ.い

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