若輩

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
じゃく
Grade: 6
はい
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
弱輩

Pronunciation

Noun

(じゃく)(はい) (jakuhaiじやくはい (zyakufai)?

  1. A youth; a young person.
    • 1632, Diego Collado, Dictionarium sive thesauri linguae Iaponicae compendium, page 9:
      Adoleſcens . moço . jacu fai .
      Adoleſcens . moço . jacu fai .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1867, James Curtis Hepburn, A Japanese and English Dictionary, page 152:
      Jaku-hai, ジャクハイ, 若輩, (wakaki tomogara). Young, immature in knowledge or experience, (used also in humbling one’s self.)
  2. inexperienced person

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Adjective

(じゃく)(はい) (jakuhaiじやくはい (zyakufai)?-na (adnominal (じゃく)(はい) (jakuhai na), adverbial (じゃく)(はい) (jakuhai ni))

  1. inexperienced

Inflection

References

  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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN