GRAMMAR
〜たて（の）
freshly
just
Explanation
NOTE
〜たて means freshly or just — an action has only just finished, so the result is brand new.
焼きたてのパンはおいしい。
Freshly baked bread is delicious.
NOTE
Add の when たて describes a following noun. Without a noun, たて can stand on its own.
この家は建てたてです。
This house is newly built.
Here たて stands alone as a predicate, so の is not needed.
NOTE
Attach たて to the verb ます-stem. It works only with verbs whose result can feel fresh or new.
STRUCTURE
Vます
たて（の）炊きたてのご飯はおいしい。
Takitate no gohan wa oishii.
Freshly cooked rice is delicious.
揚げたてのてんぷらを食べた。
Agetate no tenpura o tabeta.
I ate freshly fried tempura.
彼は入社したてだ。
Kare wa nyuusha shitate da.
He has just joined the company.
Practice exercises
1
焼きたてのパンはおいしい。
Freshly baked bread is delicious.
Answer
たて
2
炊きたてのご飯を食べた。
I ate freshly cooked rice.
Answer
たて
3
この家は建てたてです。
This house is newly built.
Answer
たて
4
彼は入社したてで、まだ慣れていない。
He has just joined the company and isn't used to it yet.
Answer
たて
5
引っ越してからというもの、作りたての料理ばかり食べている。
Ever since moving, I've been eating only freshly made dishes.
Answer
たて
6
届くが早いか、刷りたての雑誌を読んだ。
No sooner had it arrived than I read the freshly printed magazine.
Answer
たて
7
世界は変化しつつあるが、立てたての計画を実行する。
The world is changing, but we will carry out the just-formulated plan.
Answer
たて
8
出たての噂は、すぐに立ち消えた。
The rumor that had just come out quickly died down.
Answer
たて