いちねんせい
Ichinensei
Other forms: １年生
一年生 (Ichinensei) is a Japanese noun meaning “first-year student, first-year pupil, beginner, novice”.
Meanings
- nounfirst-year student; first-year pupil
- nounbeginner; novice; newcomer; person who has been in a role for less than a year
- adjectival nounannual
- nounannual plant
Examples
私は高校一年生です。
I am in the first year of high school.
わたしは去年一年生でした。
I was a first year student last year.
母はため息をつきながら、高校一年生にもなった息子の頭をがしがしと撫でた。
Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her first-year high school son's head.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).