Illustration: Behind the counter of a neighborhood soba shop, a newly hired server grips a serving tray with both hands held stiffly at chest height. Three empty cups slide toward one corner as the server looks down in alarm.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

新しん米まい

shinmai

newcomer, novice

Also means rice from the latest harvest. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 俺おれがまだ新米しんまいだった頃ころは雑用ざつようばかりで、まともな仕事しごとなんかやらせてもらえなかったよ。

    When I was still a newcomer, I did only odd jobs and wasn’t given any serious work.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その健脚けんきゃくぶりに見習みならうために、新米しんまいの配達員はいたついんが教おしえを乞こいに訪おとずれたという逸話いつわもある。

    Since Genkyo was such a great walker, there is an anecdote that a novice deliveryman came to ask him for pointers to follow his example.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 女主人じょしゅじんは新米しんまいのメイドに接客せっきゃくを教おしえました。

    The mistress taught the new maid how to serve guests.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 新米

  • 新newOnシンKunあたらしい・あらた・あら-
  • 米rice; USAOnベイ・マイ・メエトルKunこめ・よね

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