新あら手て

also: しんて

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

fresh troops; fresh players; new personnel

Only with reading あらて

Refers to people newly brought into action, especially troops, players, or other personnel held in reserve and then added to the situation.

敵てきは新あら手ての兵へいを次つぎ々つぎに投とう入にゅうし

た

。

The enemy kept sending in fresh troops.

2

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

newcomer; new employee; new worker

Only with reading あらて

Used for a person newly joined to a group or workplace. It is less everyday than 新人 and often contrasts with 古手, an old hand or veteran.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に新あら手てを送おくり込こむto send fresh troops/personnel into a place
監かん督とくは後こう半はんに新あら手てを送おくり込こんだ。
The coach sent in fresh players in the second half.
新あら手てが入はいるa new member/hand joins (a group)
この部ぶ署しょにも新あら手てが入はいってきた。
A new hand has joined this department too.
新あら手ての〈事こと〉a new kind of (scam, trick, method, etc.)
最さい近きん、新あら手ての詐さ欺ぎが増ふえている。
New kinds of scams have been increasing lately.
新しん手てを打うつto make a new move (in a game or strategy)
対たい局きょく中ちゅうに彼かれは新しん手てを打うった。
During the match, he made a new move.

Kanji

新new
手hand

Related words

新しん人じんN1sense 2
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.
新しん型がた sense 3
新型 usually names a new model of a product or a new strain (e.g. of disease), whereas 新手 in this sense refers more to a new method, trick, or tactic.

Opposites

古ふる手て sense 2
古手 means an old hand or veteran, the direct opposite of 新手 when it means a newcomer.

Written forms

新手Usage100%
- あらて
  Main attested reading, with news priority. Used for fresh personnel, newcomers, and new kinds or methods.
- しんて
  Less common attested reading, limited here to the sense of a new method, way, or type; often encountered for a novel move or approach.

Etymology

A compound of 新, meaning new, and 手, which can refer to a hand, person, means, or move. This component explanation is useful for learners, but it is not a claim about a precise historical derivation.

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