新しん顔がお

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

newcomer; new face

Refers to a person who has recently joined a group, organization, or scene. Often used in contexts like new members, new actors, or fresh faces in politics.

今年ことしの新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんはみんな新しん顔がおだ。

All the new employees this year are new faces.

劇げき団だんに新しん顔がおが加くわわった。

A newcomer has joined the theater troupe.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に新しん顔がおが登とう場じょうするa new face appears in 〈place〉
政せい界かいに新しん顔がおが登とう場じょうした。
A new face has appeared in the political world.
〈人ひと〉を新しん顔がおとして迎むかえるto welcome someone as a newcomer
チームは彼かれを新しん顔がおとして迎むかえた。
The team welcomed him as a newcomer.

Kanji

新new
顔face, expression

Related words

新しん人じんN1
新人 is the neutral, common word for any new member (of a workplace, team, etc.), while 新顔 stresses that the person's face/identity is still unfamiliar to the group.
新しん入いりN1
新入り has a more casual, sometimes slightly diminutive tone for a newcomer, whereas 新顔 is neutral and common in media and everyday speech.

Opposites

古ふる株かぶ
古株 is a long-standing, established member, the opposite of a 新顔 who has just joined.
常じょう連れん
常連 refers to a regular, familiar face (e.g. at a shop or event), contrasting with the unfamiliarity implied by 新顔.

Counted with

名めいN2
Used for people in formal or neutral counting contexts, but 'new face' is not a standard noun to count with a dedicated counter, so this is only the closest person counter.

Built from

新しん+顔かお

Etymology

Compound of 新 (new) and 顔 (face). The reading しんがお follows standard on-kun combination patterns.