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VocabJLPT N1

first-year student

Nounの-Adjective

Definitions

1. first-year student
2. first-year pupil
3. beginner
4. annual

This noun refers to a first-year student at a school, whether elementary, middle, high school, or university. It can also be used more broadly and humorously to describe someone who is a complete beginner at something.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

I found my old name tag from first grade in my desk drawer.

Sentence 2

Out on the school grounds in the evening, first-year students were desperately running drills.

Sentence 3

It feels like everything is new again, almost like being a first-year student.

Sentence 4

Hey, where's the first-year classroom?

Sentence 5

There were rumors going around the neighborhood that "the first-years don't say hello."