新聞

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 毎朝新聞を読む。▶ —
   I read the newspaper every morning.
2. 新聞の一面に大ニュース。▶ —
   Big news hit the front page.

Collocations

Mnemonic

しんぶん — 新聞, Sino-Japanese. Unpack the two kanji ── 新 (new) + 聞 (hear) = 'newly heard news'. Where English 'newspaper' weights the 'paper', the East Asian compound weights 'newly heard' ── a gaze on the freshness of the information, not the medium. The Korean reading sinmun matches character for character. What is distinctive about Japanese newspaper culture ── 朝刊・夕刊 choukan / yuukan: national papers print twice a day ── delivered to the door at 4-5 AM and 2-3 PM. An infrastructure peculiar to Japan even within East Asia. 新聞配達 shinbun haitatsu: pre-dawn delivery by bicycle ── a classic student part-time job. The Korean readings shin / mun are sister to the onyomi しん / ぶん.

Quick check

1. Core of choukan-yuukan twice-daily system?

   • National papers deliver twice daily — 4-5 AM and 2-3 PM door delivery, uniquely Japanese daily infrastructure
   • Weekly
   • Monthly
   • Online only