Shinjuku

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 新(しん)宿(じゅく) (Shinjuku).

Proper noun

Shinjuku

1. A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by the (clockwise from north) Toshima, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato, Shibuya, and Nakano special wards; it is also the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office.
   • 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), page 139:

     The neighborhood we lived in wasn’t like the image most people have of Tokyo, all slick and modern like Shinjuku or Shibuya, with skyscrapers made of concrete and glass.

Translations

one of special wards that forms Tokyo

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新宿 (zh) (Xīnsù)

• Japanese: 新宿 (ja) (Shinjuku)
• Marathi: शिंजुकु (śiñjuku)
• Russian: Синдзю́ку (ru) m (Sindzjúku)

Japanese

Romanization

Shinjuku

1. Rōmaji transcription of しんじゅく