Word Meaning 新手

あらて arate

新手 is read as あらて (arate) and means fresh troops.

Meaning

English

  1. fresh troops
  2. fresh players
  3. new method
  4. new way
  5. new type
  6. newcomer
  7. new employee
  8. new worker

Reading

Kana

あらて

Romaji

arate

Writing Variants

  • 新手 しんて shinte

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 古手 Rank 6225 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

新人

しんじん

modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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

あらた

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

新生

しんせい

rebirth

新作

しんさく

new work

新入

しんにゅう

newly arrived

新車

しんしゃ

new car

Example Sentences

1

Then what is this, I wonder? If it isn't dodgy door-to-door sales, then could it be a new kind of pickup technique for the ladies?