出たて (Detate): Fresh Out of (College, High School, Etc.)

Meaning

English

fresh out of (college, high school, etc.)
just out (e.g. of a book)
first of the season (e.g. apples)

Reading

Kana

でたて

Romaji

detate

Writing Variants

出立て でたて detate

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 96483 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

出す

だす

... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out)

Example Sentences

2

彼は大学を出たてのほやほやだ。

He is fresh from college.

大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。

I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.

Word Meaning 出たて