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青春時代 (せいしゅんじだい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

青せい春しゅん時じ代だい

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Meanings

1

noun

one's youth; youthful days; springtime of life

Refers to the period of one's youth, often with a nostalgic or poetic nuance. Commonly used in reminiscence or describing formative years.

彼かれは青せい春しゅん時じ代だいを海かい外がいで過すごした。
He spent his youth abroad.
青せい春しゅん時じ代だいの思おもい出ではいつまで

も

心こころ

に

残のこ

る

。

Memories of one's youthful days remain in the heart forever.

Kanji

青blue, green
春springtime, spring (season)
時time, hour
代substitute, change, convert

Similar words

青せい春しゅん
青春 is a more general term for 'youth' or 'adolescence', while 青春時代 specifically emphasizes the time period or era of one's youth.
若わかい頃ころ
若い頃 is a plain, everyday expression for 'when one was young', whereas 青春時代 carries a more literary or nostalgic tone.

Etymology

Compound of 青春 (seishun, 'youth') and 時代 (jidai, 'era, period'). The word 青春 itself originates from Chinese, where it metaphorically refers to the 'green spring' of life.