JLPT N1 · Noun

新人 (shinjin)

新人 (しんじん, shinjin) is a Japanese noun meaning “newcomer; new figure”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しんじん
Romaji: shinjin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

newcomer; new figure; new member; recruit; rookie · noun
modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens · noun

Example sentences

新人俳優がハムレット役をすると広告してあった。

A new actor was billed to appear as Hamlet.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 新人

新

newシン・あたら.しい・あら.た · 13 strokes

人

personジン・ニン・ひと・-り · 2 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 新人.

新聞しんぶんnewspaper新しいあたらしいnew新聞社しんぶんしゃnewspaper company新鮮しんせんfresh新たあらたnew新興しんこうrising新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen革新かくしんreform新婚しんこんnewly-wed新築しんちくnew building新入生しんにゅうせいnew student人じん-ian (e.g. Italian)人にんcounter for people人ひとperson

Source: JMdict entry 1361960 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.