Word Meaning 新造

しんぞう shinzou

新造 is read as しんぞう (shinzou) and means (another's) wife (usu. young).

Meaning

English

  1. (another's) wife (usu. young)
  2. wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
  3. young prostitute who has just started working (as an assistant to an older prostitute)
  4. young, unmarried woman
  5. construction
  6. building
  7. newly built ship
  8. new boat

Reading

Kana

しんぞう

Romaji

shinzou

Writing Variants

  • 新造 しんぞ shinzo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 7866 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

新造語

しんぞうご

neologism

万年新造

まんねんしんぞ

woman of perennial youth

新築

しんちく

new building

新刊

しんかん

new book

新党

しんとう

new (political) party

新設

しんせつ

establishing

新型

しんがた

new type

新橋

しんばし

Shinbashi (Tokyo)

新旧

しんきゅう

new and old

新卒

しんそつ

new graduate

新生児

しんせいじ

newborn baby

新劇

しんげき

school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period