玄人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玄	人
くろ Grade: S	うと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
玄	人
くろ Grade: S	と Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

*/kuroputo/ → */kurofuto/ → /kurouto/

Compound of 玄(くろ) (kuro, “deep, profound”) + 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), from naka + udo; 旅人 (tabiudo), from tabi + udo; 素人 (shirōto), from shiro + uto.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くろーと [kúꜜròòtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) くろーと [kùróꜜòtò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾo̞ːto̞]

(Tokyo) くろと [kúꜜròtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾo̞to̞]

Noun

玄(くろ)人(うと) or 玄(くろ)人(と) • (kurōto or kuroto)

professional, master

Antonyms

素人(しろうと) (shirōto)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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