新しん人じん類るい

noun

new breed of humans; new generation

Coined in the 1980s to describe young people with values and sensibilities markedly different from those of older generations. Often used with a slightly ironic or critical tone.

• 当とう時じの大人おとなたちは、新しん人じん類るいと呼よばれる若わか者ものたちの行こう動どうを理り解かいできなかった。

  Adults at the time couldn't understand the behavior of the young people called the 'new breed of humans'.

• 彼かれは新しん人じん類るい世せ代だいの代だい表ひょう的てきな作さっ家かだ。

  He is a representative writer of the 'new breed' generation.