VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

新しい

あたらしい
hepburn atarashii

new

Part of speech · i-adjective

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Examples

  1. 新しい本を買いました。
    I bought a new book.
  2. 新しい言葉を覚えました。
    I learned a new word.

Collocations

新しい本新しい仕事 (new job)新しく (newly, adv)新人 (shinjin, newcomer)新年 (shinnen, new year)

Mnemonic

新しい atarashii — i-adjective. Opposite: 古い furui. Onyomi しん (shin) appears in many compounds: 新人 shinjin (newcomer), 新年 shinnen (new year), 新聞 shinbun (newspaper), 新幹線 shinkansen (bullet train). Watch the 5-mora pronunciation a-ta-ra-shi-i.

Quick check

  1. What is the adverbial form (newly) of 新しい?

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