新しん造ぞう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

construction; building

Refers to the act of building or constructing something new, especially ships or large structures. Often used in compound nouns like 新造船 (newly built ship).

• この造ぞう船せん所じょでは大おお型がたタンカーの新しん造ぞうを行おこなっている。

  This shipyard is constructing large tankers.

• 新しん造ぞうのビルが来らい月げつ完かん成せいする。

  The newly constructed building will be completed next month.

noun

newly built ship; new boat

Abbreviation of 新造船. Refers specifically to a vessel that has just been built.

See also: 新造船

• 新しん造ぞうの漁ぎょ船せんが港みなとに到とう着ちゃくした。

  The newly built fishing boat arrived at the port.

noun

young wife; young unmarried woman; samurai's wife; young prostitute

Dated or archaic terms for women. Sense 3: another's young wife. Sense 4: young unmarried woman. Sense 5 (obsolete): wife of a samurai or wealthy merchant. Sense 6 (archaic): young prostitute just starting as an assistant. All are historical and rarely used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、新しん造ぞうという言こと葉ばが若わかい妻つまを指さして使つかわれている。

  In Edo-period documents, the word 新造 is used to refer to a young wife.