駆け出し

かけだし【駆け出し】

fledg(e)ling

〖C〗駆け出しの若者， 青二才

novice

〖C〗〔…の〕初心者〔at， in〕.

▲an apprentice in cooking 駆け出しの料理人.

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かけだし【駆け出し】

〔新米〕 a beginner; a novice; 《口》 a greenhorn; 《米》 a rookie; 《米》 a tenderfoot.

●駆け出しの novice; inexperienced; raw; green; new; fledgling; newly-fledged; 《an employee》 new to the job [work]

・駆け出しの医者 a recently-qualified doctor; a doctor who has just started to practice; a young and inexperienced doctor

・駆け出しの記者 a young and inexperienced journalist; a cub reporter 《on the Mainichi》

・駆け出しの作家 a novice writer; a young and inexperienced [fledgling] writer

・駆け出しの音楽家 a novice musician; a young and inexperienced [fledgling] musician.

・これは駆け出しのころに覚えたのです. I learned this when I was a novice [new to the work].

●彼女は秘書としてはまだまだ駆け出しだ. As a secretary, she's still very green.