未み熟じゅく

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Meanings

Describes fruit, vegetables, or other plant products that are not yet ripe. Also used metaphorically for something in an early, undeveloped stage.

Refers to a person's skill, judgment, or character being underdeveloped. Often used humbly about oneself or critically about others.

〈人ひと〉はまだ未み熟じゅくだsomeone is still immature/inexperienced
彼かれはまだ未み熟じゅくだが、努ど力りょくを続つづけている。
He is still inexperienced, but he keeps working hard.
未み熟じゅくな〈物もの〉an unripe fruit or vegetable
未み熟じゅくな柿かきを食たべてお腹なかを壊こわした。
I got a stomachache from eating an unripe persimmon.
〈人ひと〉の未み熟じゅくさsomeone's immaturity/inexperience (as a noun)
自じ分ぶんの未み熟じゅくさを痛つう感かんした出で来き事ごとだった。
It was an incident that made me keenly aware of my own immaturity.
未み熟じゅくなりに〈動どう詞し〉to do something despite being inexperienced
未み熟じゅくなりに一いっ生しょう懸けん命めいやった。
I did my best even though I'm still inexperienced.

青あおいN5sense 1
青い literally means 'green/blue' and is used specifically for unripe fruit or vegetables, while 未熟 is a broader term covering both literal unripeness and metaphorical immaturity.
未み経けい験けんN3sense 2
未経験 simply means 'lacking experience' in a factual sense, whereas 未熟 adds a judgment that one's skill or character is underdeveloped as a result.
幼よう稚ちN2sense 2
幼稚 describes childish or naive behavior/thinking, while 未熟 more generally covers underdeveloped skill, judgment, or experience.
稚ち拙せつ sense 2
稚拙 specifically describes clumsy or unskilled work (like writing or art), while 未熟 is a more general term for a person or ability being underdeveloped.

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モラトリアム
未熟 describes personal immaturity in general, while モラトリアム (in its psychological sense) specifically names the sociological phase of delaying adult responsibilities.
半はん熟じゅく
未熟 covers unripe fruit or immature skills/character broadly, while 半熟 is limited to food (especially eggs) that is only partly cooked or ripe.
若わかいN5
未熟 specifically means unskilled or unripe in ability or judgment, while 若い can simply describe age as well as inexperience.
初しょ心しんN1
未熟 is a stronger, more critical word for immaturity or lack of skill, whereas 初心 in this sense describes mild, beginner-like inexperience without criticism.
子こ供どもっぽいN3
未熟 focuses on lack of skill or experience (immaturity in ability), whereas 子供っぽい describes childlike manner or appearance.
幼おさないN3
未熟 emphasizes lack of skill or experience (e.g. in work or judgment), while 幼い as 'immature' focuses on childlike thinking or behavior rather than competence.

成せい熟じゅくN1
成熟 means 'mature' or 'ripe', the direct opposite of 未熟 in both its literal (fruit) and figurative (person) senses.
熟じゅく練れん sense 2
熟練 describes someone highly skilled and experienced, the opposite of 未熟 when describing a person's ability.
円えん熟じゅく
未熟 means immature or unripe, the direct opposite of 円熟's fully matured, well-rounded state.

未み完かん成せいN2sense 1
未完成 means 'incomplete/unfinished', focusing on a lack of completion, while 未熟 emphasizes a lack of ripeness or maturity in quality or skill.
不ふ慣なれN1
未熟 implies overall immaturity or lack of skill in general, while 不慣れ specifically means unaccustomed to a particular task or situation due to newness.

Compound of 未 (mi, 'not yet') and 熟 (juku, 'ripen, mature'). The kanji combination directly conveys 'not yet ripe/mature'.