noun
newcomer; new member; rookie; new talent
General term for someone newly joined to a group, company, team, or field. Often used in workplace, sports, and entertainment contexts.
今年の新人はとても優秀だ。
This year's newcomers are very talented.
彼はプロ野球の新
He won the Rookie of the Year award in professional baseball.
noun
modern humans; Homo sapiens
Anthropological term referring to anatomically modern humans, from Cro-Magnon onward. Not used in everyday conversation.
新人は約20万年前にアフリカで出現したと考えられている。
It is thought that Homo sapiens appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago.