初心者

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
初	心	者
しょ Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 3
kan’on	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
初心者 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 初心(しょしん) (shoshin, “immature, naive”) + 者(しゃ) (-sha).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょし​んしゃ [shòshíꜜǹshà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ɕĩɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

初(しょ)心(しん)者(しゃ) • (shoshinsha) 

1. beginner (someone who has recently begun learning something new)

   Synonyms: 素人 (shirōto), ビギナー (biginā)

2. (Internet slang) noob

Derived terms

• 初(しょ)心(しん)者(しゃ)マーク (shoshinsha māku, “beginner's symbol”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
初	心	者
しょ Grade: 4	しん Grade: 2	もの Grade: 3
kan’on	on’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
初心者 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 初心(しょしん) (shoshin, “immature, naive”) + 者(もの) (mono, “person”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょしんもの [shòshíńmónó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ɕĩmːo̞no̞]

Noun

初(しょ)心(しん)者(もの) • (shoshinmono) 

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References

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN