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Common N2
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Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    amateur;layman;ordinary person;novice
    The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)
  3. 3
    English · JMdict
    Kyoto-ben
    unlicensed prostitute
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Sentences
It can hardly be called research... just an amateur's hobby, I'm ashamed to say.
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That's a layman's idea.
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At that time, bicycles were just starting to get popular and, here and there, there were many unskilled beginners who ran into people and broke through their hedges.
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I'm a beginner, too.
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You're a professional, and I'm an amateur.
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Tom is just an amateur.
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He is just an amateur.
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