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新居

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Chinese

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new; newly; meso- (chem.) reside
trad. (新居)
simp. #(新居)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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新居

  1. new residence; new home (new either as a building or to the resident(s))

Antonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2
きょ
Grade: 5
on'yomi kan'on

Etymology

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Either from Middle Chinese compound 新居 (MC sin kjo, literally “new + residence”), or coined independently in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of (shin, new) +‎ (kyo, residence).

First cited to a text from 1403.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しん)(きょ) (shinkyo

  1. [from 1403] a new house, a new home, either one that has been built new or that has been moved into recently
    Antonym: 旧居 (kyūkyo, literally old residence)

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN