Etymology

shoshin

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Today it means: An attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even at an advanced level. Full definition →

Japanese 初心
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from初心“beginner's mind”
  2. English todayshoshin

Borrowed from Japanese 初心 (“beginner's mind”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.