新造

しんぞう

Also written しんぞ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive construction; building
2. Noun newly built ship; new boat See also: 新造船 (しんぞうせん).
3. (another's) wife (usu. young)
4. young, unmarried woman
5. wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
6. young prostitute who has just started working (as an assistant to an older prostitute)

Kanji

• 新 new. Read as シン.
• 造 construct. Read as ゾウ.

Words containing 新造

• 御新造 (ごしんぞう) wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
• 新造語 (しんぞうご) neologism
• 万年新造 (まんねんしんぞ) woman of perennial youth

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Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists