Word Meaning 新年

しんねん shinnen

新年 is read as しんねん (shinnen) and means New Year.

Meaning

English

  1. New Year

Reading

Kana

しんねん

Romaji

shinnen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 旧年 Rank 3320 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

謹賀新年

きんがしんねん

Happy New Year

新人

しんじん

modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

新た

あらた

new

新聞

しんぶん

newspaper

新しい

あたらしい

new

新聞社

しんぶんしゃ

newspaper company

新聞紙

しんぶんし

newspaper

新田

あらた

wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

新手

あらて

fresh troops

新生

しんせい

rebirth

新作

しんさく

new work

新入

しんにゅう

newly arrived

Example Sentences

10

しんねんのもくひょうをきめました。

I set my goals for the new year.

The new year drew closer.

Where do you want to celebrate New Year?

The New Year was drawing near.

"A Happy New Year!" "I wish you the same!"

May the new year bring you happiness!

Happy New Year!

Tom and Mary met at a New Year's party.

Hatsumoude means New Year's visits to shrines.

The pledge to stop smoking cigarettes ranks among the top ten New Year's resolutions year after year.