筍たけのこ医い者しゃ

noun

young, inexperienced doctor

Derogatory term likening a novice doctor to a bamboo shoot that has just sprouted. Often used in contrast to ヤブ医者 (quack doctor).

See also: やぶ医者

• あの筍たけのこ医い者しゃに診みてもらうのは不ふ安あんだ。

  I'm uneasy about being seen by that young, inexperienced doctor.

• 彼かれはまだ筍たけのこ医い者しゃだから、難むずかしい手しゅ術じゅつは任まかせられない。

  He's still a novice doctor, so we can't entrust him with difficult surgeries.