初心者

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
初心者 (kyūjitai)

Noun

初(しょ)心(しん)者(しゃ) • (shoshinsha) 

1. beginner (someone who has recently begun learning something new)
2. (Internet slang) noob

Synonyms

• (beginner): 素人(しろうと) (shirōto), ビギナー (biginā)

Derived terms

• 初心者(しょしんしゃ)マーク (shoshinsha māku, “beginner's symbol”)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN