しろうと

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しろうと – see the following entry.

【素人】 [noun] amateur, novice [noun] respectable woman (one who is not a prostitute, geisha, or hostess) [noun] (archaic, dialectal, Kyoto) unlicensed prostitute Alternative spellings しろと, しらびと

(This term, しろうと (shirōto), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)