素人

Noun

 * 1) commoner; layman; amateur

Etymology
Compound of.

The term appears in various older compounds with a root form of. This form is never seen in isolation, and it often undergoes further phonetic changes to combine with preceding vowels. Compare the formation of, from naka + udo; , from tabi + udo.

Noun

 * 1) amateur, novice
 * 2) respectable woman (one who is not a prostitute, geisha, or hostess)
 * 3)  unlicensed prostitute
 * 1) respectable woman (one who is not a prostitute, geisha, or hostess)
 * 2)  unlicensed prostitute