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(1) 世慣れしていない、または世俗的ではない(lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it")(lacking in sophistication or worldliness)

⇒司教がその中にいると考えなかったならば、彼が教会を燃やさなかったという彼の率直な説明(lacking in sophistication or worldliness)

(2) 長い期間でないたった今（あるいは比較的最近）生まれてきた、作られた、獲得された、または発見されたこと(not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World")(not of long duration)(having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)

⇒新世界(having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered)

(3) 1番目または始め(first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene")(first or beginning)

⇒劇のオープニング・シーン(first or beginning)

(4) 時間、空間、または程度について他のすべてに先行する(preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training")(preceding all others in time or space or degree)

⇒彼の訓練の第一段階(preceding all others in time or space or degree)