JapanLingo

新鮮しんせん

shinsen

fresh

N3

How to remember this word

Tie 新鮮 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “fresh” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

kono mise no sakana wa itsumo shinsen desu.

The fish at this store is always fresh.

Example 2

atarashii shokuba wa, mainichi ga shinsen de tanoshii desu.

At my new workplace, every day feels fresh and enjoyable.