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日本新記録 (にほんしんきろく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日本にほん新しん記き録ろく

also: にっぽんしんきろく

Meanings

1

noun

new Japanese record

Refers to a new record set within Japan, typically in sports or competitions, as opposed to a world record.

彼かれは100メートル走そうで日本にほん新しん記き録ろくを樹じゅ立りつした。
He set a new Japanese record in the 100-meter dash.
この大たい会かいで三みっつの日本にほん新しん記き録ろくが生うまれた。
Three new Japanese records were set at this tournament.

Written forms

日本新記録
- にほんしんきろく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading にほんしんきろく is the most common.
- にっぽんしんきろく
  Alternate reading with にっぽん; less common but still used, especially in formal or nationalistic contexts.
にっぽんしんきろく

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan

book, present, main

新new

記scribe, account, narrative

録record

Similar words

世せ界かい新しん記き録ろく
世界新記録 means a new world record, while 日本新記録 is specifically a new record within Japan.
日本にほん記き録ろく
日本記録 simply means a Japanese record (not necessarily new), whereas 日本新記録 emphasizes that it is a newly set record.

Etymology

Compound of 日本 (Japan), 新 (new), and 記録 (record).