玄人 (kurouto)
expert, professional, geisha, prostitute
- JLPT N1
- Pitch 1
- #29130 most frequent
Meaning
玄人 (くろうと, kurouto) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “expert, professional, geisha, prostitute”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
この道具は玄人しか使いこなせない
Only experts can master this tool.
彼は玄人にちかい。
He is almost professional.
これでは玄人はだしだ.
This would put even a professional to shame.
あなたの料理は玄人だ.
Your cooking is virtually of professional standard.
あの人の歌は玄人はだしです。
His singing outdoes a professional.
彼は玄人なみにギターがひける.
He plays the guitar to a professional standard.
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.
玄人顔負けの見事な歌いっぷりだった.
He sang so well that even a professional singer would have been put to shame.
能楽を演ずる者には能楽協会に所属する職業人としての能楽師（玄人）の他、特定の地域や特定の神社の氏子集団において保持されている土着の能・狂言・式三番を演じる人々、能楽協会会員に月謝を払って技術を学ぶ素人の愛好家が存在する。
Performers of Nohgaku include Nohgakushi (Noh actor), Kuroto (expert), who are professional actors belonging to the Nohgaku Performers' Association, people who perform native Noh play, Kyogen, and Shiki Sanban that have been passed on in specific regions or specific groups of Ujiko (shrine parishioners) of shrines, and amateur Noh performers who pay a monthly fee to a member of the Nohgaku Performers' Association to learn the techniques.