しんじん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. new face; newcomer; rookie; fresh recruit
2. modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
Pitch accent
んじん
Composed of
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (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 (5 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 (5 in total)
Are you new?
Hey, the new recruit this time seems really cute.
Are they new?