駆け出し・駈け出し|かけだしkakedashi[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivenovice; beginner
   駆け出かけだしの新聞しんぶん記者きしゃにしては腕うでがいい。↗

   You are doing well for a cub reporter.
2. nounstarting to run; running off; running away

• Synonym若造わかぞうNeutralA contemptuous term for a young whippersnapper, typically said by one's elders; 「駆け出し」 instead stresses being new to a job and still inexperienced.
• Synonym新米しんまいNeutralA newcomer, originally the year's newly harvested rice; colloquial, as in 「新米教師」, and very close to 「駆け出し」.
• SynonymルーキーNeutralA loanword for a promising newcomer, used mostly in sports and with a hopeful nuance; it carries no self-deprecation.
• Synonym若輩じゃくはいWrittenWritten/formal, for someone young and inexperienced, often self-deprecating as in 「若輩者ですが」; 「駆け出し」 is more neutral.
• Synonym若輩者じゃくはいものWrittenWritten/formal, for a person of shallow experience, often humble as in 「若輩者ながら」; 「駆け出し」 stresses having just entered the field.
• Synonym生熟れなまなれWrittenWritten/formal, for greenness or lack of skill, and rarely used; it says nothing about when someone entered the field.
• Related青二才あおにさいNeutralFor a callow, wet-behind-the-ears youth, said with contempt; more derogatory than 「駆け出し」.
• Related乳臭児にゅうしゅうじWrittenWritten/formal, for a wet-behind-the-ears person, rarely used and tinged with contempt.
• RelatedへなちょこNeutralA mocking term for a good-for-nothing or weakling; the person is not necessarily a novice.
• AntonymベテランNeutralA loanword for an old hand or seasoned expert, the opposite of the novice that 「駆け出し」 describes.
• Antonym古参こさんWrittenWritten/formal, for someone long established in a workplace or group, as in 「古参社員」; the opposite of 「駆け出し」.

Use 「駆け出し」 for someone who has just entered a field and is still green, as in 「駆け出しの記者」. For a newcomer, 「新米」 or 「ルーキー」 fits; to speak of yourself humbly, 「若輩者」. For an old hand, say 「ベテラン」.

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1. ある物事ものごとを始はじめたばかりでまだ慣なれていないこと。また、そのような人ひと。新米しんまい。