専門

せんもん · senmon · JLPT N4 · noun

speciality

専門 — speciality

🎓 専門 = exclusive + gate: the one gate you enter, your speciality

専 means exclusive or solely; 門 means gate, and by extension a school or field of study. A field you devote yourself to solely is your major. Sound hook: senmon is the same sen-mon as in 専門家, a specialist.

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