新語
Meanings
2
new vocabulary item; new word (to learn)
Used in educational contexts for a word that is newly introduced in a textbook or lesson, or that a learner is encountering for the first time.
In today's class we learned ten new vocabulary words.
Usage patterns
- 新語を作るto coin a new word
Young people coined a new word on social media.
- 新語を覚えるto learn a new vocabulary word
I try to learn five new words every day.
- 新語が生まれるfor a new word to emerge
Many new words have emerged along with the spread of the internet.
- 新語の意味を調べるto look up the meaning of a new word
I looked up the meaning of the new word that appeared in the textbook.
- 新語を辞書に載せるto add a new word to a dictionary
That new word is set to be added to next year's dictionary.
- 新語がはやるfor a new word to become popular
An interesting new word became popular this year.