Top matchCommonJLPT N2しろうと素人shiroutoNounamateur; layman; ordinary person; noviceあのシロウト歌手は文句なくタレントショーで一位となった。The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha)see 玄人unlicensed prostituteArchaicKyoto dialectsee 私娼 Listen Pitch on OJAD Explore
研究というほどでも・・・素人の道楽ですよ、おはずかしい。It can hardly be called research... just an amateur's hobby, I'm ashamed to say.Break it down Tatoeba Pitch this sentence on OJAD