Meaning

Primary

Specialty

Alternatives

Speciality, Area Of Study, Major

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

Your specialty gate is the thing you open to let out your specialty. Imagine the thing you're best at (your specialty). Now imagine opening a gate in your chest that lets it out, allowing you to be good at it.

Reading

せんもん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • それぞれの専門

    each specialty, their respective specialties

    自分の専門

    one's specialization, one's field of expertise

Context Sentences

それは私の専門外です。

That's out of my area of study.

私の姉は、ペット専門の目医者です。

My older sister is a specialty pet eye doctor.

私の専門は天文学です。新しい星を発見したいです。

My specialty is astronomy. I want to discover new stars.

Kanji Composition