しん
Meanings
Prefix
1. new; neo-
Noun
2. newness; novelty
3. Gregorian calendar
4. Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE); Hsin dynasty
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (245 in total)
fresh; new
new book; new publication
Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
new system
bridegroom
New Year
pickled vegetables; pickles
newly-wed; newly married
new car
new graduate; recent graduate
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
Shinkansen; bullet train
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
rebirth; new birth; nascent
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
new record (in sports, etc.)
sprout; bud; shoot
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
new household; new home
new style; new way; modern; ultra modern
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
new building; new construction
newly compiled; newly edited; newly elected; newly returned
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
new law
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
newcomer; initiate; rookie
new method; new way; new type
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
new school term
novel; original; new; innovative
new species; new variety
new moon; crescent moon
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
new government; new administration
new home
very young fish (esp. a konoshiro gizzard shad); (arch.) new geisha
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
newly appointed; inaugural
new medicine; new drug
new menu item; new dish on a menu
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
new product; new line (of products)
rhythmic gymnastics
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
new and old; incoming and outgoing
new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)
new capital
new technology
new discovery; new invention
New Year's party
new contract; new agreement; New Testament
new-generation
new arrivals; new acquisitions
new members (e.g. club); new students; freshman; event to welcome new students, club members, etc. (e.g. welcome party)
new form; new formula
new order; new system
nova; new face; new star
new release; putting (a new product) on sale; launch
new capital
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
new building; annexe; annex
new road
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
Protestantism
new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier
novel; original; new
school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period; shingeki; new-drama (movement)
newly arrived
new functionality; new feature
new development; new discovery
new century
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
new theory
new shop; new store; new restaurant
a Protestant
new (political) party
neoplasm; tumor; tumour
fresh taste; novelty; originality; freshness
first tea of the season
new adult (in Japan, 20-year-old who has their coming-of-age ceremony within that year)
new invention (discovery)
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
new constitution (esp. Japan's postwar constitution)
new bureaucrats; right-wing, pro-military bureaucrats who gained prominence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident (1931)
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
type of jōruri recitation
new store; newly-opened store
new store; newly-opened store
new government; new administration
new yen (issued in 1946 to fight inflation)
newly forged sword; sword made after the year 1615
new translation; post-Xuanzang Chinese translation (i.e. mid 7th century onward)
new brew of sake
neocortex; neopallium
reformation
a new product joining a group of other products
new tax
cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
new disciple; new student; new apprentice; newly accepted professional wrestlers
new idea or design; novelty
new bill; banknote
new system
New World Order (conspiracy theory); NWO
newly-built ship; new boat
a new house; a branch family
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
new arrivals (of products etc.); new consignment
Neolithic; New Stone Age
the new left (school of thought)
newly issued stock or share; stock issue; share issue
New Year issue
neoconservatism
new argument; new theory; new thesis; new debate
new era or epoch
synthetic building material
new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
first Obon following someone's death
new Cabinet
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
rice flour; rice flour dough
new method; new system
a new phase or aspect
new railway line
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
new style
new world record
new prime minister
neo-Kantian school
new concept
new potatoes
new-structure form
new market
new work; new book; new publication; newly published book
new graduate; new graduates
neologism
new straw; straw from the current year; rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away
newly-wed bride
limited express (train, faster than an express)
new pattern
new experience
new material; exotic material
new acquaintance; newly-acquired territory; new ideas; advanced information
new Japanese record
new cold war
freshly pickled vegetables
newly created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
neoclassicism
new example (precedent)
new (train) station
New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
Oligocene epoch
new banknote
Holocene epoch
new season (e.g. of TV programming); new term
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
new government office
new record
name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition
Miocene epoch
coolness of autumn; first cold air of autumn
new phase; new aspect; new stage; new situation
shinsui (cultivar of nashi, Pyrus pyrifolia)
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)
MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)
new mineral
Neue Sachlichkeit (German art movement); New Objectivity
wrestler newly promoted to juryo division
wrestler newly promoted to makuuchi division
wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
"new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi
changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf
Shingi Shingon ("New Shingon" school of Buddhism)
new appearance; new look; new sight; new scene
new appearance; new look; new sight; new scene
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
new dialect; new regional dialect
freshly harvested adzuki beans
new music; shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)
New Territories (Hong Kong); Neogaean realm (terrestrial division in zoogeography)
New Korea Party
Neotropical (region); Neotropics
January (according to the new calendar)
neocolonialism; neo-colonialism
presenting of new wrestlers to audience
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
wrestler newly promoted to ozeki rank
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
neo-scholasticism
FTSC; Federal Trust Criteria
neo-Malthusianism
neoclassical school (of economics)
neoclassical school (of economics)
new round of multilateral trade negotiations
alternative energy
first dried nori after the winter
newly harvested sesame seeds
tofu made from freshly harvested soy beans
fresh honey; newly harvested honey; virgin honey
shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards
shin kaya; imitation kaya; any kind of cheaper wood that resembles kaya, used for go and shogi boards
as good as new
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
New Culture Movement (revolutionary movement in China, 1917-1921)
new social infrastructure
ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)
new normal (state of new economic or financial conditions)
Dalit Buddhist movement; neo-Buddhist movement
Anthropocene
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
Shinmachi Station (Gunma)
Shintomichō Station (Tokyo)
Sinbanpo Station
Sinsa Station
Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)
Examples (36 in total)
The new fact has come to light.
This building is new.
Does anyone oppose the new plan?