ルーキーruukii

1. nounrookie

• Synonym新米しんまいNeutralNeutral word for a newcomer, common in speech; also means the year's newly harvested rice. 「ルーキー」 is mostly for sports or workplace newcomers.
• Synonym若造わかぞうCasualColloquial word for a green youth, often used as a sneering label for young people. 「ルーキー」 is a neutral way to refer to a newcomer.
• Synonym駆け出しかけだしNeutralSomeone who has just entered a line of work and is not yet skilled, as in 「駆け出しの記者」. 「ルーキー」 is used mostly for rising newcomers in the sports world.
• Related若輩じゃくはいWrittenWritten/formal word for someone young or inexperienced, often self-deprecating, as in 「若輩ながら」. 「ルーキー」 carries no humble nuance.
• Related若輩者じゃくはいものWrittenWritten term for someone of shallow experience, typically used humbly about oneself, as in 「若輩者ですが」. 「ルーキー」 is just a neutral label for a newcomer.
• Related青二才あおにさいCasualColloquial term for a green, immature youth, said with contempt. 「ルーキー」 only calls someone a newcomer and carries no derogatory sense.
• Related乳臭児にゅうしゅうじWrittenWritten term for a green youth or someone with little life experience, with a contemptuous edge; rarely used. In everyday speech, 「青二才」 is the usual choice.
• Related生熟れなまなれWrittenRare written word for shallow experience or unpolished skill, also of such a person; also a kind of unfermented narezushi. For newcomers, say 「ルーキー」 or 「新米」.
• AntonymベテランNeutralAn experienced old hand; the antonym of 「ルーキー」 in terms of how much experience one has.

Use 「ルーキー」 for a newcomer in sports or the workplace. For someone just starting out in a profession, say 「駆け出し」; to speak humbly of yourself, 「若輩者」; to sneer at a green youth, 「青二才」 or 「若造」. The opposite, an experienced old hand, is 「ベテラン」.

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1. ある分野ぶんやで経験けいけんが浅あさい、新人しんじんの人ひと。