通つう人じん

noun

man of the world; connoisseur; well-informed person

Refers to someone sophisticated, knowledgeable about worldly pleasures, arts, or social affairs. Often carries a nuance of refined taste and experience, sometimes with a hint of dilettantism.

• 彼かれは食しょく通つうで、都と内ないの隠かくれた名めい店てんをよく知しっている通つう人じんだ。

  He is a food connoisseur and a man of the world who knows many hidden gem restaurants in Tokyo.

• あの人ひとは芸げい術じゅつにも詳くわしい通つう人じんだから、展てん覧らん会かいの選えらび方かたが違ちがう。

  That person is a well-informed connoisseur of art, so his way of choosing exhibitions is different.