玄人

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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

Noun

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

  1. professional, master

Antonyms

References

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