new

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 新 has 13 strokes; 新しい is read あたらしい, and 新た is read あらた.
• Basic usage: 新しい and 新た both express newness, but they connect to following words in different forms.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Forms before nouns and actions
  • In 新しい机 and 新しい方法, 新しい attaches directly to a noun. In 新たな目標, な follows 新た to describe a new goal.
  • 新たに三つの課題が見つかった means that three issues were newly discovered.