"門外漢" meaning in Japanese

See 門外漢 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 門外漢 [canonical] (ruby: (もん), (がい), (かん)), mongaikan [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|もんがいかん}} 門(もん)外(がい)漢(かん) • (mongaikan)
  1. outsider
    Sense id: en-門外漢-ja-noun-iXeRP8xd Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 44 56
  2. amateur
    Sense id: en-門外漢-ja-noun-jdntEHmN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 73 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 22 78 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ja",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "ja:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "門外漢",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "門",
          "もん"
        ],
        [
          "外",
          "がい"
        ],
        [
          "漢",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongaikan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "もんがいかん"
      },
      "expansion": "門(もん)外(がい)漢(かん) • (mongaikan)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "outsider"
      ],
      "id": "en-門外漢-ja-noun-iXeRP8xd",
      "links": [
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "amateur"
      ],
      "id": "en-門外漢-ja-noun-jdntEHmN",
      "links": [
        [
          "amateur",
          "amateur"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "門外漢"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:People"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "門外漢",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "門",
          "もん"
        ],
        [
          "外",
          "がい"
        ],
        [
          "漢",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mongaikan",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "もんがいかん"
      },
      "expansion": "門(もん)外(がい)漢(かん) • (mongaikan)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "outsider"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outsider",
          "outsider"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "amateur"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "amateur",
          "amateur"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "門外漢"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 門外漢 meaning in Japanese (1.0kB)

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