新卒

• 読み: しんそつ
• ローマ字: shinsotsu
• 漢字の分解: 新 (shin) — new; 卒 (sotsu) — graduate, finish
• 発音: /ɕiɴ.so.tsɯ/

意味

New graduate; recent graduate. A person who has just graduated or is about to graduate from school.

A noun and no-adjective referring to fresh graduates entering the job market. Central to Japanese employment culture, where companies recruit en masse from universities each spring (新卒一括採用). Common compounds: 新卒採用 (new graduate recruitment), 新卒者 (new graduate). The antonym is 既卒 (kisotsu, already graduated).

例文

1. 来年の新卒採用は百名を予定している。
2. 新卒で大企業に入るのは競争が激しい。
3. 新卒のときに就職活動で苦労した。

使い方ガイド

場面: employment, university, career

トーン: informative

起源と歴史

From 新 (new) and 卒 (graduate, shortened from 卒業). The term is deeply embedded in Japan's unique shūkatsu (job hunting) system, where university students seek employment collectively in their final year.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Young adults

社会的背景: Universal