せんもん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
Kanji used
specialty
gate
Pitch accent
んもん
Top 3000
Composed of
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
vocational school; technical school
outside of one's area of expertise
technical book; specialized book; treatise
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
medical specialist
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
professional job; profession
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
specialist training; upper-level course
expertise; special skills
specialization; specialisation
technical training; professional education
special (specialized, specialised) subject
(specialist) terminology
technical journal (periodical, magazine)
person who is ignorant outside his field
person who is ignorant outside his field
advisory committee; committee of experts; advisory panel
specialist newspaper; trade journal; specialist journal
expert committee; technical committee
specialist outpatient department
vocational school; technical school
vocational school; technical school
technical glossary; terminology
specialized thesaurus
book in specialized field; book in specialised field
Examples (7 in total)
My specialty is particle physics.
What's your specialty?
Jazz is not my speciality.