しんじん
Meanings
Noun
1. newcomer; new figure; new member; recruit; rookie; new talent; new star
Is that girl a newcomer?
2. modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
Pitch accent
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Composed of
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
Rookie of the Year award
new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)
newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent
Examples (12 in total)
Are you new?
You don't seem like a newcomer at all.
Is that girl a newcomer?
Let me introduce our new recruit.
You're impressive, even though you're a newcomer.
Ah, this is a work by a new author.
Hey, the new recruit this time seems really cute.
Those guys had backbone for rookies.
I'm used to hiring new employees and training them from scratch.
It was the day the team I belonged to as a newcomer was disbanded.
The rookie breathed new life into the team.
I really hate people that bully newcomers.