新た

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū, completed in 759.[1]

Derived as a compound of (ara, from 生る (aru, to come into being), cognate also with 有り (ari, to exist, the Old and classical Japanese copula), 現れる (arawareru, to appear, to become manifest), (ara, rough, unfinished), numerous other terms) +‎ (ta, suffix indicating state). The core meaning seems to have been "freshly coming into being", and by extension, new.[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

(あら) (arata-na (adnominal (あら) (arata na), adverbial (あら) (arata ni))

  1. (formal, literary) new, novel
    Synonym: 新しい (atarashii)
  2. fresh
  3. renewed
  4. : efficacious

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References

  1. ^ 新た”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN