若じゃく年ねん者しゃ

Meanings

youngster; young person; immature person

Refers to a young person, often with a nuance of inexperience or immaturity. The reading じゃくねんもの is less common and may carry a slightly more colloquial or dated feel.

若じゃく年ねん者しゃの失しつ業ぎょう率りつが高たかい。
The unemployment rate among young people is high.
彼かれはまだ若じゃく年ねん者しゃだから、判はん断だんが甘あまい。
He's still a youngster, so his judgment is naive.

Kanji

弱weak, frail
年year, counter for years
者someone, person
若young, if, perhaps

Related words

若わか者もの
若者 is the common, everyday word for 'young person'. 若年者 is more formal and often used in statistical, legal, or medical contexts.
青せい年ねん
青年 specifically refers to a youth or young adult (often male), typically in their teens to early twenties, with a focus on the stage of life rather than immaturity.

Written forms

若年者
- じゃくねんしゃ
  Standard kanji form using 若 (young).
- じゃくねんもの
弱年者
- じゃくねんしゃ
  Variant using 弱 (weak); less common than 若年者.
- じゃくねんもの
じゃくねんもの

Etymology

Compound of 若年 (jakunen, 'young age') + 者 (sha, 'person'). The reading じゃくねんもの uses the native Japanese suffix 者 (mono) instead of the Sino-Japanese 者 (sha).