Usage patterns 斬ざん 新しん な 発はっ 想そう a novel idea/approach
His presentation was full of novel ideas.
斬ざん 新しん なデザイン an innovative design
This building became a topic of conversation for its innovative design.
斬ざん 新しん な 試こころ み a novel attempt/venture
This project is drawing attention as a novel undertaking.
斬ざん 新しん なアイデア a novel idea
She keeps coming up with one novel idea after another.
Related words· 8 新しい is the plain, general word for 'new', while 斬新 specifically highlights striking originality and freshness.
独創的 stresses an individual's unique creativity, whereas 斬新 stresses how fresh and novel the result feels to others.
革新的 emphasizes breaking with tradition or reforming a system, while 斬新 is broader and can describe any fresh, striking idea.
目新しい is a softer, everyday word for 'novel-looking', while 斬新 carries a stronger sense of bold, admirable innovation.
Show 4 more Show fewer ユニーク focuses on being distinctively different or one-of-a-kind, while 斬新 focuses on the freshness and newness of the idea.
斬新 is an adjective describing something as novel or original, whereas 新風 is a noun naming the fresh influence itself.
斬新 stresses boldness and originality, whereas 清新 stresses a clean, unstale freshness rather than sheer novelty.
斬新 highlights novelty and freshness of an approach, while クリエイティブ focuses on imaginative or original ability more generally.
Opposites 陳腐 describes something hackneyed or stale, the opposite of the fresh originality expressed by 斬新 .
古臭い means old-fashioned or musty, contrasting with the cutting-edge freshness that 斬新 conveys.
Don't confuse with 新鮮 means 'fresh' in a literal or sensory sense (like fresh food or fresh air), while 斬新 means 'novel' in the sense of original ideas or designs.
斬新 shares the kanji 斬 but means 'novel/original' and has nothing to do with the beheading sense of 斬 .
斬新 shares the kanji 斬 with 斬首 but means 'novel' or 'original,' having nothing to do with beheading.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese word attested in Chinese, meaning “strikingly or markedly new”; the older variant 嶄新 also occurs.
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