Japanese

Noun

初心者 ‎(hiragana しょしんしゃ, romaji shoshinsha)

1. beginner (someone who has recently begun learning something new)
2. (Internet slang) noob

Synonyms

• (beginner): 素人 (しとうと) ‎(****ōto), ビギナー ‎(biginā)

Compounds

• 初心者 (しょしんしゃ)マーク ‎(shoshinsha māku, “beginner's symbol”)

References

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112