新しん入にゅう生せい

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Meanings

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Refers to a student who has just entered a school or university. Commonly used in school contexts.

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New students, please gather in the gymnasium.

彼かれは大だい学がくの新しん入にゅう生せいです。

He is a freshman at the university.

〈人ひと〉が新しん入にゅう生せいを迎むかえるfor someone (e.g. upperclassmen) to welcome the new students
上じょう級きゅう生せいが新しん入にゅう生せいを温あたたかく迎むかえた。
The upperclassmen warmly welcomed the new students.
新しん入にゅう生せい向むけの〈物もの〉something aimed at or intended for new students
新しん入にゅう生せい向むけのガイドブックが配くばられた。
A guidebook aimed at new students was handed out.
新しん入にゅう生せい代だい表ひょうが挨あい拶さつするfor the representative of the new students to give a speech
入にゅう学がく式しきで新しん入にゅう生せい代だい表ひょうが挨あい拶さつした。
The new students' representative gave a speech at the entrance ceremony.

一いち年ねん生せい
新入生 emphasizes that a student has just newly entered the school, while 1年生 simply denotes a first-year student regardless of how long ago they enrolled.
新しん人じんN1
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.
フレッシュマン
新入生 is the standard native Japanese term for a first-year student, while フレッシュマン is a borrowed English word used more casually or stylistically.

卒そつ業ぎょう生せい
新入生 are students who have just entered a school, while 卒業生 are students who have finished and left it.
上じょう級きゅう生せい
新入生 refers to a first-year student who has just enrolled, while 上級生 refers to a student in a higher grade who has already been at the school longer.

新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんN2
新入生 refers to a new student entering a school, while 新入社員 refers to a new employee entering a company.
転てん校こう生せい
転校生 arrives mid-year from another school, whereas 新入生 is simply a first-year student newly entering at the normal start of the school year.

Compound of 新入 (newly entering) and 生 (student).