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みずみずしい · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	みずみずしい	みずみずしくない
Polite	みずみずしいです	みずみずしくないですalso みずみずしくありません
Past polite	みずみずしかったです	みずみずしくなかったですalso みずみずしくありませんでした
Past	みずみずしかった	みずみずしくなかった
Te-form	みずみずしくて	みずみずしくなくて
Adverbial	みずみずしく
Conditional	みずみずしければ	みずみずしくなければ
Tara conditional	みずみずしかったら	みずみずしくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

fresh; juicy; youthful; vibrant

usually written using kana alone

Describes fruit, vegetables, flowers, skin, or a person's youthful energy. Combines juiciness with a sense of lively freshness.

この桃ももは本ほん当とうにみずみずしくて美味おいしい。
This peach is really juicy and delicious.
彼かの女じょの肌はだはまだみずみずしい。
Her skin is still fresh and youthful.
みずみずしい感かん性せいを持もった若わか者ものたち。
Young people with vibrant sensibilities.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉がみずみずしい(fruit/vegetables) are fresh and juicy
朝あさ採とれたトマトはみずみずしい。
The tomatoes picked this morning are fresh and juicy.
〈人ひと〉の肌はだがみずみずしい(someone's) skin looks dewy and youthful
彼かの女じょの肌はだはいつもみずみずしい。
Her skin always looks dewy and fresh.
みずみずしい感かん性せいa fresh, youthful sensibility
彼かれはみずみずしい感かん性せいで作さく品ひんを描かく。
He creates his works with a fresh, youthful sensibility.
みずみずしい若わかさvibrant, dewy youth
彼かの女じょにはみずみずしい若わかさがあふれている。
She overflows with vibrant, dewy youth.

Kanji

瑞congratulations
水water

Related words

新しん鮮せんN3
新鮮 means 'fresh' in the sense of newness or lack of staleness, often for food or ideas, while 瑞々しい adds a sense of juiciness and lively vitality.
若わか々わかしいN2
若々しい focuses on looking or acting young, while 瑞々しい emphasizes a dewy, juicy freshness that often accompanies youthfulness.

Don't confuse with

生なま々なましい
生々しい means 'vivid, graphic, or raw' (as of a memory or wound), whereas 瑞々しい describes something fresh and juicy like ripe fruit or youthful skin.

Written forms

みずみずしいUsage69%
Usually written in kana; the kanji forms are rare or search-only.
瑞みず々みずしいUsage28%
Rare kanji form; the character 瑞 suggests freshness and auspiciousness.
水みず々みずしいUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 水 means water, evoking juiciness.

Etymology

Derived from reduplication of 水 (みず, 'water') with the adjectival suffix しい, literally 'water-water-ish', evoking the quality of being full of water and freshness. The kanji 瑞 is an ateji chosen for its auspicious meaning.