新顔

See also: 新顏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	顔
しん Grade: 2	かお > がお Grade: 2
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
新顏 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 新 (shin-, “new, neo-”) +‎ 顔 (kao, “face”). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんがお [shìńgáó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡa̠o̞]

Noun

新(しん)顔(がお) • (shingao) ^{←しんがほ (singafo)?}

1. a new face, newcomer

   Synonyms: 新入り (shin’iri), 新人 (shinjin)

   Antonym: 古顔 (furugao)

See also

• ニューフェース (nyūfēsu)