Silla (ancient Korean kingdom; 57 BCE-935 CE)
new word; neologism; newly coined word; newly introduced word (in a textbook); new word (to learn)
pickled vegetables; pickles
new book; new publication
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
new system; new order; post-World War II education system; postwar education system; new education system
rice flour; rice flour dough
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
rebirth; new birth; nascent
newly compiled; newly edited; newly elected; newly returned
new record (in sports, etc.)
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
new style; new way; modern; ultra modern
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
newcomer; initiate; rookie
new method; new way; new type
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
novel; original; new; innovative
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 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 menu item; new dish on a menu
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
new breed of humans (used to refer to the younger generation, who have different ideals and sensibilities)
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
new life; fresh start; new routine
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
new and old; incoming and outgoing
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)
welcoming new students, club members, etc.
newly arrived; newly received
new contract; new agreement; New Testament
new capital; Hsinking (capital of Japanese puppet state Manchukuo; current-day Changchun); Xinjing
new release; putting (a new product) on sale; launch
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
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 functionality; new feature
newly arrived; new (arrival)
new development; new discovery
shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
new shop; new store; new restaurant
fresh taste; novelty; originality; freshness
new invention; new discovery
new adult (in Japan, a person who reaches adulthood that year)
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; newly forged katana; shintō; new sword; katana forged after the advent of the Keichō era
new translation; post-Xuanzang Chinese translation (i.e. mid 7th century onward)
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
new disciple; new student; new apprentice; newly accepted professional wrestlers
debut; first appearance; new release
cheap, malt-free beer-like alcoholic beverage
fresh onion (not cured to extend its shelf life); uncured onion
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 stock; new share; newly issued shares
newly built ship; new boat
new arrivals (of products etc.); new consignment
the new left (school of thought)
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
new household (e.g. after marriage); new home
rice flour; rice flour dough
new argument; new theory; new thesis; new debate
new type of machine (esp. a pachinko or slot machine)
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
synthetic building material
new character form; shinjitai; simplified form of kanji used in Japan since 1946
first Bon Festival following the death of a family member
new phase; new aspect; new field
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet
neo-Kantian school; neo-Kantians
secondhand bookstore dealing in relatively new books
new graduate; new graduates
New Interconfessional Translation (of the Bible)
new work; new book; new publication; newly published book
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
special rapid service; special rapid train
neologism; newly coined word
new material; exotic material
new acquaintance; newly-acquired territory; new ideas; advanced information
freshly pickled vegetables
Ryūkyō Shinshi (book by Narushima Ryūhoku concerning the Yanigabashi pleasure quarters)
newly created character; newly introduced (kanji) character (in a textbook); new character form; shinjitai
producing anew; newly manufactured item
New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP
overseas Chinese (esp. after 1978)
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
new season (e.g. of TV programming); new term
newest-to-oldest order; (sorting by) newest arrivals; newly added; newly listed
coolness of autumn; first cold air of autumn
new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); modern kana orthography
new commoner; former members of the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition in 1871
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)
Neue Sachlichkeit (German art movement); New Objectivity
New People's Army (NPA) (Filipino paramilitary group)
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 surname (after marrying, etc.)
newly written history; new history
shin-kyara (variety of fragrant wood); aloes-wood with a vibrant fragrance
shinshintō; katana forged from the late 18th century up until the sword abolishment edict
Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line
Star Trek: The Next Generation
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)
FTSC; Federal Trust Criteria
neoclassical school (of economics)
neoclassical school (of economics)
new round of multilateral trade negotiations
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
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
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism
Neo-Freudianist school; Neo-Freudianism
neocapitalism; New Capitalism (concept proposed by Fumio Kishida)
new town (of a city; as opposed to the old town); newly built part of a city
new power utility company (created after market liberalization)
New Socialist Party of Japan
first-in-class drug; innovative new drug
Shinfuseki movement (opening style)
New Disaster Prevention Weather Information (revised system of weather warnings and advisories introduced by the JMA in May 2026)
old-vs-new comparison test (esp. for IT systems); current-vs-new benchmark
Sakushin-Gakuin University
Xinhua News Agency; New China News Agency
(nickname for) Shinmeikai Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido)
New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
New History of Yuan (1919 historical text by Ke Shaomin)
New Tokyo International Airport Authority
Federation of New Religious Organizations in Japan
Shinmeikai Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido) (abbr)
New Japanese-English Dictionary (published by Kenkyusha; known colloquially as the Green Goddess)
Nippon Steel Corporation (abbr)
National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (1949-1988) (abbr); FIO
Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line
Shinmachi Station (Gunma)
Shintomichō Station (Tokyo)
Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)