新入生

新入生

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
新	入	生
しん Grade: 2	にゅう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on’yomi	goon	kan’on

Compound of 新入(しんにゅう) (shinnyū, “newly-entered”) + 生(せい) (-sei, “student”).

First cited to 1899.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんにゅ​うせー [shìńnyúꜜùsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɲ̟ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːse̞ː]

Noun

新(しん)入(にゅう)生(せい) • (shinnyūsei) ^{←しんにふせい (sinnifusei)?}

1. [from 1899] freshman

Synonyms

• 一(いち)年(ねん)生(せい) (ichinensei)
• フレッシュマン (furesshuman)
• フレッシャー (furesshā)

References

1. “新入生”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
新	入	生

Noun

新入生 • (sinipsaeng) (hangeul 신입생)

1. Hanja form^? of 신입생 (“freshman”).