新しん知ち

noun

new acquaintance

Obsolete term for a person one has recently met. In modern Japanese, 新しい知り合い or 新顔 are more common.

• 古ふるい手て紙がみに「新しん知ちを得えたり」とあった。

  An old letter read, 'I have made a new acquaintance.'

noun

newly-acquired territory

Obsolete term for land or territory newly gained, often in a historical or military context. Compare with 新地 (しんち) sense 3.

See also: 新地

• その文ぶん書しょは新しん知ちの統とう治ちについて述のべている。

  The document describes the governance of newly-acquired territory.

noun

new ideas; advanced information

Obsolete abbreviation of 新知識. Used historically to refer to novel concepts or cutting-edge knowledge.

See also: 新知識

• 明めい治じ初しょ期き、新しん知ちを求もとめて洋よう書しょが読よまれた。

  In the early Meiji period, Western books were read in pursuit of new ideas.