新人 (Shinjin) is a Japanese noun meaning “newcomer, new figure, new member, recruit”.
Meanings
- nounnewcomer; new figure; new member; recruit; rookie; new talent
- nounmodern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
Examples
新人は我々の期待に及ばなかった。
The newcomer fell short of our expectation.
彼女はうちの部署に来た久々の大型新人です。
This is the first time in a while that someone we had such high hopes for came to our department.
彼は、まだ新人なんだから大目に見てやれよ。
Go easy on him. He's still new around here.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).