newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
newcomer; initiate; rookie
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
novel; original; new; innovative
Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
rebirth; new birth; nascent
new book; new publication
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
new moon; first day of the lunar month; crescent moon
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
new government; new administration
very young fish (esp. a konoshiro gizzard shad); (arch.) new geisha
newly appointed; inaugural
new building; new construction
new menu item; new dish on a menu
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
new life; fresh start; new routine
new and old; incoming and outgoing
new record (in sports, etc.)
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
opening (of uncultivated land)
new discovery; new invention
new graduate; recent graduate
New Year's party (held in the beginning of the year, i.e. usually in January)
newly arrived; newly received
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
new contract; new agreement; New Testament
welcoming new students, club members, etc.
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
new release; putting (a new product) on sale; launch
new capital; Hsinking (capital of Japanese puppet state Manchukuo; current-day Changchun); Xinjing
the solar calendar; the Gregorian calendar
new building; annexe; annex
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier
newspaper stand; newspaper seller; paper carrier; newspaper reporter
new development; new discovery
new functionality; new feature
newly arrived; new (arrival)
shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
new word; neologism; newly coined word; newly introduced word (in a textbook); new word (to learn)
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
new shop; new store; new restaurant
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
new government; new administration
fresh taste; novelty; originality; freshness
new invention; new discovery
new adult (in Japan, a person who reaches adulthood that year)
new constitution (esp. Japan's postwar constitution)
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
new bureaucrats; right-wing, pro-military bureaucrats who gained prominence in the Home Ministry after the Manchurian Incident (1931)
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
new store; newly-opened store
new store; newly-opened store
new translation; post-Xuanzang Chinese translation (i.e. mid 7th century onward)
type of jōruri recitation
producing anew; newly manufactured item
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
newly forged sword; newly forged katana; shintō; new sword; katana forged after the advent of the Keichō era
new yen (issued in 1946 to fight inflation)
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
debut; first appearance; new release
cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage
new disciple; new student; new apprentice; newly accepted professional wrestlers
new idea or design; novelty
person who has recently entered the workforce (after completing education); new working adult
New World Order (conspiracy theory); NWO
new arrivals (of products etc.); new consignment
new stock; new share; newly issued shares
newly built ship; new boat
newly compiled; newly edited
the new left (school of thought)
fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life); uncured onion
new type of machine (esp. a pachinko or slot machine)
new argument; new theory; new thesis; new debate
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
synthetic building material
first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
new phase; new aspect; new field
new acquaintance; newly-acquired territory; new ideas; advanced information
neo-Kantian school; neo-Kantians
new knowledge; up-to-date information; advanced ideas
pickled vegetables; pickles
secondhand bookstore dealing in relatively new books
new graduate; new graduates
New Interconfessional Translation (of the Bible)
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
new work; new book; new publication; newly published book
special rapid service; special rapid train
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
neologism; newly coined word
fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life); uncured onion
new system; new order; post-World War II education system; postwar education system; new education system
Ryūkyō Shinshi (book by Narushima Ryūhoku concerning the Yanigabashi pleasure quarters)
rice flour; rice flour dough
newest-to-oldest order; (sorting by) newest arrivals; newly added; newly listed
New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life); uncured onion
new season (e.g. of TV programming); new term
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
freshly pickled vegetables
new phase; new aspect; new stage; new situation
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
coolness of autumn; first cold air of autumn
fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life); uncured onion
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
shinsui (cultivar of nashi, Pyrus pyrifolia)
new commoner; former members of the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition in 1871
New People's Army (NPA) (Filipino paramilitary group)
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
Star Trek: The Next Generation
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line
newly written history; new history
wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
new surname (after marrying, etc.)
shin-kyara (variety of fragrant wood); aloes-wood with a vibrant fragrance
fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life); uncured onion
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
new style; new way; modern; ultra modern
shinshintō; katana forged from the late 18th century up until the sword abolishment edict
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
Federation of New Religious Organizations in Japan
Sakushin-Gakuin University
presenting of new wrestlers to audience
Nippon Steel Corporation (abbr)
new power utility company (created after market liberalization)
New Disaster Prevention Weather Information (revised system of weather warnings and advisories introduced by the JMA in May 2026)
new social infrastructure
Shinmeikai Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido) (abbr)
New Japanese-English Dictionary (published by Kenkyusha; known colloquially as the Green Goddess)
neocapitalism; New Capitalism (concept proposed by Fumio Kishida)
New Culture Movement (revolutionary movement in China, 1917-1921)
Dalit Buddhist movement; neo-Buddhist movement
(nickname for) Shinmeikai Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
January (according to the new calendar)
New Socialist Party of Japan
wrestler newly promoted to a san'yaku rank
New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
neocolonialism; neo-colonialism
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
first-in-class drug; innovative new drug
first-in-class drug; innovative new drug
new normal (state of new economic or financial conditions)
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (1949-1988) (abbr); FIO
Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line
New History of Yuan (1919 historical text by Ke Shaomin)
New Tokyo International Airport Authority
new round of multilateral trade negotiations
neoclassical school (of economics)
neoclassical school (of economics)
old-vs-new comparison test (esp. for IT systems); current-vs-new benchmark
Shinfuseki movement (opening style)
Neo-Freudianist school; Neo-Freudianism
new town (of a city; as opposed to the old town); newly built part of a city
Xinhua News Agency; New China News Agency
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
first dried nori after the winter
Neotropical (region); Neotropics
FTSC; Federal Trust Criteria
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)