新卒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	卒
しん Grade: 2	そつ Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Clipping of 新卒業者 (shin-sotsugyōsha, “person who newly graduated”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんそつ [shìńsótsú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[1]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃so̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

新(しん)卒(そつ) • (shinsotsu) ^{←しんそつ (sinsotu)^?}

a recent graduate
Coordinate terms: 既卒 (kisotsu), 旧卒 (kyūsotsu)

Derived terms

新(しん)卒(そつ)派(は)遣(けん) (shinsotsu haken)

See also

卒(そつ)業(ぎょう) (sotsugyō, “graduation”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN