新し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新
Grade: 2

Etymology 1

From the attributive form of the Early Middle Japanese adjective aratashi: /aratashiki/ > /aratashii/, with the medial /-k-/ falling out.

Adjective

新し (hiragana あらたし, rōmaji aratashi)

  1. new
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the attributive form of the Early Middle Japanese adjective atarashi: /atarashiki/ > /atarashii/, with the medial /-k-/ falling out. Originally meant "precious" or "regrettable", /atarasi/ took on the meaning of "new" from /aratasi/ when the medial -rata- metathesized to -tara-.

Adjective

新し (hiragana あたらし, rōmaji atarashi)

  1. splendid
  2. precious; regrettable
  3. new
Derived terms
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