新しん鮮せん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Describes food, air, ideas, or feelings that are new, unspoiled, or lively. Often used for perishable items, crisp air, or novel concepts.

新しん鮮せんな〈物もの〉fresh ~ (food, air, etc.)
市いち場ばで新しん鮮せんな魚さかなを買かった。
I bought fresh fish at the market.
新しん鮮せんな空くう気きfresh air
山やまの上うえで新しん鮮せんな空くう気きを吸すった。
I breathed fresh air on top of the mountain.
新しん鮮せんさを保たもつto keep something fresh
冷れい蔵ぞう庫こで野や菜さいの新しん鮮せんさを保たもつ。
You keep vegetables fresh in the refrigerator.
新しん鮮せんに感かんじるto feel fresh/new (about an experience or idea)
初はじめての海かい外がい旅りょ行こうはとても新しん鮮せんに感かんじた。
My first trip abroad felt very fresh and new to me.

新あたらしいN5
新しい is the general word for 'new' (objects, information, styles), while 新鮮 specifically stresses freshness in quality, taste, or feel.
生なまN3
生 means 'raw/uncooked' and can suggest freshness for food, but 新鮮 is broader and covers abstract freshness like ideas or air too.
出で来きたてN2
新鮮 describes freshness in a general sense (fresh vegetables, fresh air), while 出来たて specifically means something just finished being made or cooked.
取とれたてN2
新鮮 is a general term for freshness that can describe anything from food to ideas, while 取れたて specifically means something has just been harvested or caught, stressing immediacy.

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生せい鮮せん
新鮮 is the common, everyday word for 'fresh' (food, air, ideas), while 生鮮 is more restricted to commercial or technical contexts, especially in compounds like 生鮮食品.
みずみずしいN1
新鮮 means 'fresh' in the sense of newness or lack of staleness, often for food or ideas, while 瑞々しい adds a sense of juiciness and lively vitality.
フレッシュ
新鮮 is the standard Japanese word for freshness (especially of food), while フレッシュ is a loanword used more casually, often for produce, juice, or a youthful feel.
鮮せん度ど
新鮮 is a na-adjective meaning 'fresh', while 鮮度 is a noun that measures the degree of freshness, often used in commercial or scientific contexts like 鮮度が高い魚.
取とり立たて
新鮮 is a general adjective for freshness, while 取り立て specifically describes something just picked or caught, usually used with の before a noun.
清せい新しん
新鮮 is the everyday word for freshness, used for food as well as feelings, while 清新 is more formal and usually describes an impression, style, or atmosphere.
生いき
新鮮 is the common adjectival-noun for freshness in general, whereas 生き appears mainly in the fixed expression 生きがいい to praise the vitality of live seafood or produce.
生なま々なましい
新鮮 is a neutral or positive word for 'fresh' (as with food or ideas), while 生々しい implies something raw and often unpleasant, like a fresh wound.

古ふるいN5
古い describes something old or stale, the direct opposite of 新鮮 for food, ideas, or feelings.
腐ふ敗はいN1
新鮮 describes food or matter that is fresh and unspoiled, the opposite of 腐敗 in its physical sense of rotting.
陳ちん腐ぷN1
新鮮 means 'fresh' or 'novel', the direct opposite of 陳腐, which means stale or hackneyed.
マンネリN1
新鮮 describes something fresh and full of novelty, the opposite of マンネリ, which describes something that has become stale and repetitive.

斬ざん新しん
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.

From Middle Chinese 新鮮 (sjen sjen), meaning 'new and fresh'. The kanji 新 means 'new' and 鮮 means 'fresh, vivid'.