Word Meaning 門外漢

もんがいかん mongaikan

門外漢 is read as もんがいかん (mongaikan) and means outsider.

Meaning

English

  1. outsider
  2. layman
  3. amateur

Reading

Kana

もんがいかん

Romaji

mongaikan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Antonyms 専門家 Related Words 素人,畑違い Proverb Rank 9670 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

門外不出

もんがいふしゅつ

(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

門外

もんがい

outside a gate

専門外来

せんもんがいらい

specialist outpatient department

専門外

せんもんがい

outside of one's area of expertise

早稲田外語専門学校

わせだがいごせんもんがっこう

Waseda Foreign Language College

表外漢字字体表

ひょうがいかんじじたいひょう

list of 1,022 non-jōyō kanji commonly used in print

表外漢字

ひょうがいかんじ

non-jōyō kanji

もん

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

door (esp. Japanese-style)

門出

かどで

starting a new life

門前町

もんぜんまち

town originally built around a temple or shrine

門下生

もんかせい

pupil

Example Sentences

2

I have no ear for music.

I'm just an amateur when it comes to art, but I really like this painting.