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): [ɕĩɲ̟ːɨːse̞ː]

Noun

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

[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

^ “新入生”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
新	入	生

Noun

新入生 • (sinipsaeng) (hangeul 신입생)

hanja form^? of 신입생 (“freshman”)