生なま若わかい

i-adjective

young and immature

Archaic adjective describing someone young and inexperienced, with a nuance of being half-baked or not fully mature. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in classical texts.

• 古こ典てんでは「生なま若わかい者もの」と書かいて、未み熟じゅくな若わか者ものを指さした。

  In classical texts, '生若い者' was written to refer to an immature young person.