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新 kanji
new
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
シン
Kun readings
あたらしいあらたあら-にい-
Words with 新
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —新篇new edition; new compilation
- —新妓new geisha
- —新舩new ship
- —新榧shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards
- —御新香pickled vegetables; pickles
- —ご新造wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
- —御一新Meiji Restoration
- —御維新Meiji Restoration
- —新字體new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
- —新書判paperback pocket edition (approx. 17x11 cm in size)
- —新漬けfreshly pickled vegetables
- —新撰組Shinsengumi; Edo-period police and military force dedicated to suppressing anti-shogunate activities
- —新かなnew kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
- —新型鬱new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work
- —新型欝new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work
- —新蕎麦soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
- —御新規new customer
- —新智識new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
- —新カヤshin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards
- —新玉葱fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life); uncured onion
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