Word Meaning 新人

しんじん shinjin

新人 is read as しんじん (shinjin) and means modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

しんじん

Romaji

shinjin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms 猿人,化石人類,旧人,原始人,原人 Antonyms 旧人 Rank 1961 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

新成人

しんせいじん

new adult (in Japan, a person who reaches adulthood that year)

新人民軍

しんじんみんぐん

New People's Army (NPA) (Filipino paramilitary group)

新人賞

しんじんしょう

Rookie of the Year award

大型新人

おおがたしんじん

newcomer showing great promise

新た

あらた

new

新聞

しんぶん

newspaper

新年

しんねん

New Year

新しい

あたらしい

new

新聞社

しんぶんしゃ

newspaper company

新聞紙

しんぶんし

newspaper

新田

しんでん

wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

新手

あらて

fresh troops

Example Sentences

新人です。

I'm a freshman.

新人さんよね？

You're new, aren't you?

新人さんなの？

Are you new?

トムは新人だ。

Tom is new.

去年の新人です。

I was a freshman last year.

新人をいじめるな。

Do not harass the new people!

トムはここでは新人です。

Tom is new here.

あの人たちは、新人さんなの？

Are they new?

おい、今度の新人かわいいらしいぜ。

Hey, the new recruit this time seems really cute.

やっぱり新人さんは初々しくていいね。

Isn't it nice when the newcomers are still so innocent?

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see people, character names, and anime titles. 3 related entries

Real usage of this vocabulary in people, character names, and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.

只野新人 Niito Tadano