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新人 (しんじん, shinjin) Japanese meaning: newcomer | Kotomora
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This year's newcomers are very talented.
He won the Rookie of the Year award in professional baseball.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 新しん 人じん として 採さい 用よう する to hire someone as a new employee/rookie
The company hires several new employees every year.
新しん 人じん が 入にゅう 社しゃ する for a new employee to join a company
Five new employees joined the company this month.
新しん 人じん を 育そだ てる to train/mentor a newcomer
The senior staff carefully train the new employees.
新しん 人じん 賞しょう を 受じゅ 賞しょう する to win a newcomer award
She won a newcomer award for her debut work.
Related words· 16 新人 is the broad, formal term for a newcomer in any group or field, while 新入り is more casual and typically used for a new member of a small group or club.
新米 emphasizes inexperience and is often used self-deprecatingly, whereas 新人 is a neutral, factual label for someone who just joined.
ルーキー is a katakana loanword used mainly in sports and business contexts, while 新人 is the standard Japanese term usable in any field.
初心者 focuses on lack of skill or experience regardless of tenure, while 新人 focuses on recent membership in a group or organization.
Show 12 more 新人 emphasizes being new to a profession or skill, while 新入 focuses on having just joined a specific organization or group.
新人 is a general, neutral word for any newcomer or rookie, while 新星 specifically praises someone for suddenly shining bright, like a star.
新人 is the general native Japanese word for a newcomer usable in any field, while ニューフェイス carries a modern, media-oriented nuance often applied to entertainment or sports.
新入社員 specifically means a newly hired company employee, while 新人 is a broader term for any newcomer or rookie, such as in sports or entertainment.
Opposites 新人 is someone new to a group or job, while ベテラン is a seasoned veteran with long experience.
新人 refers to a recent arrival, whereas 古参 refers to a long-standing, senior member of a group.
Don't confuse with 新人 means an individual newcomer, but 新人類 refers to a whole generational cohort seen as having different values, not one person.
新任 specifically means newly appointed to a particular post, whereas 新人 more broadly means a newcomer or rookie without reference to any specific appointment.
Word family rookie of the year
new breed of humans; new generation
promising newcomer; bright new talent
new employee training; onboarding
Etymology Compound of 新 (new) and 人 (person). The anthropological sense is a direct translation of the Western scientific term 'Homo sapiens' or 'modern humans'.
新人 emphasizes being new to a role or field, while 若手 emphasizes relative youth and potential within an existing group.
新人 is the plain, everyday word for a newcomer or rookie, while 新手 often carries a contrastive nuance against 古手 (veterans) or refers to freshly deployed personnel.
ひよこ (in its metaphorical sense) and 新人 both describe someone new to a job or field, but 新人 is neutral office vocabulary while ひよこ carries a teasing, affectionate tone.
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.
新人 is a broader word for any newcomer or rookie, while フレッシュマン specifically implies a first-year student or new career-track hire.
新入生 specifically means a new student at a school, whereas 新人 is a broader term for any newcomer, such as a new employee or a rookie athlete.
新人 is the plain, everyday word for any newcomer, while 新進 specifically implies the person is rising and gaining recognition.
新人 just means a newcomer or rookie with no implication of special talent, while 新鋭 implies fresh, high-performing promise.
