一年生 (いちねんせい) — first-year student, first-year pupil, beginner

Meanings

• first-year student
• first-year pupil
• beginner
• novice
• newcomer
• person who has been in a role for less than a year

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

• いち 一 one
• ねん 年 year
• せい 生 life

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