How to say "recent" in Japanese

• 新しいあたらしいJLPT N5approx.Common
  i-adjectiveThe general word for 'new', which also covers 'recent' in its plain sense: something novel or fresh, or something that happened or was made not long ago. Usually the word you want.
  あなたの新あたらしい車くるまは調子ちょうしよく動うごいていますか。↗

  Is your new car behaving well?
• 生々しいなまなましいCommon
  i-adjectiveSeldom the plain word for 'recent': it describes something as strikingly fresh — fresh blood, a fresh scar — still new, as if it had just occurred. Use it when you want that vivid immediacy.

Use 「新しい」 for the ordinary sense of 'recent', meaning simply new or from not long ago; reserve 「生々しい」 for recency that feels vivid and immediate, as with fresh blood or a fresh scar.

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• 新しいあたらしいnew
• 今次こんじthe present time
• 生々しいなまなましいfresh (blood, scar, etc.)
• 先さきprevious