新車

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	車
しん Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

新 (“new”) +‎ 車 (“car”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんしゃ [shìńshá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

新(しん)車(しゃ) • (shinsha)

a new car
私(わたし)は新車(しんしゃ)を買(か)うつもりです。
Watashi wa shinsha o kau tsumori desu.
I'm going to buy a new car.

僕(ぼく)の新車(しんしゃ)を見(み)ろよ。
Boku no shinsha o miro yo.
Take a look at my new car!

私(わたし)は新車(しんしゃ)を買(か)った。
Watashi wa shinsha o katta.
I bought a new car.

彼(かれ)の新車(しんしゃ)はすばらしい。
Kare no shinsha wa subarashii.
His new car is a beauty.

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
新	車
みー Grade: 2	くるま > ぐるま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 新 (mī, “new, neo-”) +‎ 車 (kuruma, “car”).

Noun

新(みー)車(ぐるま) (mīguruma)

new car

References

“みーぐるま【新車】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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