新居

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Chinese

new; newly; meso- (chem.) reside
trad. (新居) 新 居
simp. #(新居) 新 居

Pronunciation

Noun

新居

  1. new residence; new home (new either as a building or to the resident(s))

Antonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新 居
しん
Grade: 2 		きょ
Grade: 5
on'yomi kan'on

Etymology

Either from Middle Chinese compound 新居 (MC sin kjo, literally “new + residence”), or coined independently in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 新 (shin, “new”) +‎ 居 (kyo, “residence”).

First cited to a text from 1403.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

新(しん)居(きょ) • (shinkyo) 

  1. a new house, a new home, either one that has been built new or that has been moved into recently
    Antonym: 旧居 (kyūkyo, literally “old residence”)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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