How to say "up-to-date" in Japanese

• 新しいあたらしいJLPT N5approx.Common
  i-adjectiveThe everyday adjective for 'new'; it covers 'up-to-date' when you simply mean something is new or recent — fresh information, the latest model — without any special stylistic coloring.
  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?
• ヌーボーCommon
  no-adjectiveA French loanword with a stylish ring, but seldom the word you want for 'up-to-date'; it really belongs to fixed borrowings from French rather than everyday description.
• 今日的こんにちてきCommon
  na-adjectiveCovers 'up-to-date' in the sense of being in step with the present day; it describes ideas, attitudes, or approaches that suit today's world, especially in discussion and criticism of society or culture.
• 今風いまふうCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveUsed for 'up-to-date' as 'in today's style': clothes, designs, or ways of doing things that look current and trendy. Choose it when the emphasis is on a contemporary feel rather than newness itself.

Use 「新しい」 for the plain sense of new or recent, 今風 for a trendy contemporary look or style, 今日的 for ideas in step with the times, and treat 「ヌーボー」 as a marginal loanword.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 新しいあたらしいnew
• ヌーボーmodern
• 今日的こんにちてきmodern
• 今風いまふうmodern
• アップツーデートup-to-date
• ナウいmodern