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新人

しんじん

noun

Meanings

1new face
2newcomer
3new figure
4new member
5modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
6Homo sapiens

Example sentence

新人俳優がハムレット役をすると広告してあった。

A new actor was billed to appear as Hamlet.

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Kanji in this word

新New13 strokes 人Person2 strokes

More words with 新

新たあらた · newN3 新党しんとう · new (political) party 新聞しんぶん · newspaperN5 新幹線しんかんせん · ShinkansenN2 新生しんせい · rebirth

Full entry on Jisho

革新

かくしん · reform

N1

新聞社しんぶんしゃ · newspaper companyN4

新規しんき · new

More words with 人

老人ろうじん · the agedN3 外国人がいこくじん · foreignerN5 人事じんじ · human resourcesN2 友人ゆうじん · friend (formal)N3 人口じんこう · populationN4 人生じんせい · (human) life (e.g., conception to death)N3 人気ひとけ · sign of lifeN1 一人ひとり · one personN5

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