しん
Meanings
Prefix
1. new; neo-
Noun
2. newness; novelty
3. Gregorian calendar
4. Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE); Hsin dynasty
Kanji used
new
Pitch accent
Top 1300
Used in vocabulary (254 in total)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
newcomer; initiate; rookie
newly-wed; newly married
Shinkansen; bullet train
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
new school term
novel; original; new; innovative
new book; new publication
new species; new variety
rebirth; new birth; nascent
new moon; crescent moon
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
new government; new administration
very young fish (esp. a konoshiro gizzard shad); (arch.) new geisha
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
newly appointed; inaugural
new building; new construction
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
new record (in sports, etc.)
sprout; bud; shoot
new and old; incoming and outgoing
new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
new capital
new graduate; recent graduate
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
new discovery; new invention
new contract; new agreement; New Testament
new form; new formula
new arrivals; new acquisitions
new members (e.g. club); new students; freshman; event to welcome new students, club members, etc. (e.g. welcome party)
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
nova; new face; new star
new order; new system
new release; putting (a new product) on sale; launch
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
new building; annexe; annex
Protestantism
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier
novel; original; new
newly arrived
school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period; shingeki; new-drama (movement)
new functionality; new feature
new development; new discovery
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
new shop; new store; new restaurant
new government; new administration
new (political) party
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
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 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)
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
new store; newly-opened store
new store; newly-opened store
type of jōruri recitation
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
new yen (issued in 1946 to fight inflation)
reformation
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
a new product joining a group of other products
cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
newly compiled; newly edited
new disciple; new student; new apprentice; newly accepted professional wrestlers
new idea or design; novelty
New World Order (conspiracy theory); NWO
new bill; banknote
newly-built ship; new boat
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
a new house; a branch family
new arrivals (of products etc.); new consignment
the new left (school of thought)
newly issued stock or share; stock issue; share issue
new argument; new theory; new thesis; new debate
new household; new home
new era or epoch
new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
synthetic building material
first Obon following someone's death
new world record
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
new method; new system
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
a new phase or aspect
new railway line
new acquaintance; newly-acquired territory; new ideas; advanced information
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
new potatoes
pickled vegetables; pickles
new-structure form
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
new work; new book; new publication; newly published book
new graduate; new graduates
newly-wed bride
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 created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
newly compiled; newly edited; newly elected; newly returned
new material; exotic material
limited express (train, faster than an express)
new Japanese record
new pattern
new example (precedent)
new (train) station
New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
rice flour; rice flour dough
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
new banknote
new household; new home
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
new season (e.g. of TV programming); new term
alternative energy
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
freshly pickled vegetables
new phase; new aspect; new stage; new situation
shinsui (cultivar of nashi, Pyrus pyrifolia)
name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition
coolness of autumn; first cold air of autumn
new government office
MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)
MMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)
Neue Sachlichkeit (German art movement); New Objectivity
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
new dialect; new regional dialect
Shingi Shingon ("New Shingon" school of Buddhism)
new appearance; new look; new sight; new scene
new appearance; new look; new sight; new scene
changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf
wrestler newly promoted to makuuchi division
New Territories (Hong Kong); Neogaean realm (terrestrial division in zoogeography)
new music; shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)
freshly harvested adzuki beans
wrestler newly promoted to juryo division
"new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
new style; new way; modern; ultra modern
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
wrestler newly promoted to ozeki rank
presenting of new wrestlers to audience
as good as new
neo-scholasticism
New Culture Movement (revolutionary movement in China, 1917-1921)
Dalit Buddhist movement; neo-Buddhist movement
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
January (according to the new calendar)
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
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
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
new normal (state of new economic or financial conditions)
neoclassical school (of economics)
neoclassical school (of economics)
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
first dried nori after the winter
Neotropical (region); Neotropics
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
ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.)
tofu made from freshly harvested soy beans
newly harvested sesame seeds
Shinmachi Station (Gunma)
Shintomichō Station (Tokyo)
Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)
Examples (36 in total)
The new fact has come to light.
This building is new.
Does anyone oppose the new plan?