若い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
わか
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Adjective

若い (-i inflection, hiragana わかい, rōmaji wakai)

  1. young, juvenile
    • 1993 April 16, Akiko Hiramatsu as as Tom Kusanagi; Sumi Shimamoto as Kikuko Kusanagi; Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi; Kenichi Ono as Tōjirō Kusanagi, “夫婦ふうふゲンカはネコがう? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかんにっ [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, TBS, CBC:
      あっ…お (かあ)さん! () ()て!これ お (かあ)さんでしょう?きれいだな!
      A'… Okā-san! Mite Mite! Kore okā-san deshō? Kirei da na!
      Oh… Oh right, Mom! Look! This is you, right? You were so beautiful!
      それはお (ばあ)ちゃんの (わか) (とき)
      Sore wa obā-chan no wakai toki!
      That’s your grandma when she was young!
      ナイスリカバリー!
      Naisu rikabarī!
      Nice comeback!
  2. energetic, fresh
  3. immature: "考えが若い"; (one's thought is immature)
  4. lesser in an order, smaller, earlier: "若い番号" (smaller number); "若いイニング" (earlier inning).

Usage notes

In the sense of "young," this word is only used for young adults, not children.

Inflection

Derived terms

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