新

新	Meanings: new, fresh On Readings: シン shin Kun Readings: あたら（しい） atara(shii), あら（た） ara(ta), にい nii Most Used Pronunciation: atara(shii) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 斤 Stroke Number: 13

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Common jukugo
新聞 - しん　ぶん shin bun - newspaper
読売新聞 - よみ　うり　しん　ぶん yomi uri shin bun - Yomiuri Newspaper
新幹線 - しん　かん　せん shin kan sen - shinkansen, bullet train
新年会 - しん　ねん　かい shin nen kai - New Year's party
朝日新聞 - あさ　ひ　しん　ぶん asa hi shin bun - Asahi Newspaper
温故知新 - おん　こ　ち　しん on ko chi shin - Exploring the old (past), one comes to understand the new (present).
更新 - こう　しん kou shin - renew, renovate, innovate
刷新 - さっしん sasshin - reform, renovation, revision
新参 - しん　ざん shin zan - newcomer, greenhorn
維新 - いしん i shin - restoration

Useful Examples
Japanese: もう新車を買う方がいいよ。
Romaji: mou shinsha o kau hou ga ii yo.
English: You should get you a new car now.

Japanese: そこに新しい工場を作ったらどうでしょうか。
Romaji: soko ni atarashii koujou o tsukuttara dou deshou ka.
English: I suggest that we should build a new factory there.

Japanese: 図書館への多数の新着書。
Romaji: toshokan e no tasuu no shinchakusho.
English: The library's many new acquisitions.

Japanese: その新しい計画によって永続する平和が生まれるかもしれない。
Romaji: sono atarashii keikaku ni yotte eizoku suru heiwa ga umareru ka mo shirenai.
English: The new plan may bring into being a peace which will be lasting.

Japanese: これは日刊新聞です。
Romaji: kore wa nikkan shinbun desu.
English: This is a diary newspaper.

Japanese: その新聞は発刊部数が多い。
Romaji: sono shinbun wa hakkan busuu ga ooi.
English: The newspaper has a large circulation.

Japanese: 調査委員会の新委員を任命しなければならない。
Romaji: chousaiinkai no shin'iin o ninmei shinakereba naranai.
English: We have to appoint new members of the examining board.

Japanese: 明治維新は現代日本の礎を築いた。
Romaji: meiji ishin wa gendai nihon no ishizue wo kizuita.
Literal: Meiji Restoration-modern-Japan-foundation-build
English: The Meiji Restoration built the foundations of modern Japan.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Try to begin to look at kanji and get a feel for their meaning. I know it sounds strange, but as you progress you should be able to automatically catch its meaning at a glance. Look at this kanji and think of something new

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.