プロ

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1A professional — someone whose skill and experience in a field are high enough to be paid for it, as opposed to an amateur.

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彼はサッカーのプロだ。

He is a professional soccer player.

プロの仕事は仕上がりが違う。

A professional's work turns out differently — the finish is better.

彼女はプロ並みの腕前だ。

She has skills comparable to a professional.

この仕事はプロに頼んだほうがいい。

It's better to ask a professional to do this job.

2Abbreviation of 'program' (プログラム). Once used in broadcasting jargon for a program or schedule, but this sense is essentially unused in modern Japanese — speakers now say プログラム or 番組 instead.

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3Abbreviation of 'production' (プロダクション); refers to a talent agency or production company that entertainers belong to — still common as industry jargon.

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彼は大手プロに所属している。

He belongs to a major talent agency.

あの新人は有名なプロからデビューした。

That newcomer debuted under a well-known talent agency.

4Abbreviation of 'proletarian'/'proletariat'; a term from pre-war socialist and communist discourse in Japan, essentially unused in contemporary Japanese.

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5Abbreviation of 'propaganda'; nowadays speakers usually say プロパガンダ in full, so this abbreviated sense is rarely used.

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