生なま々なましい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

i-adjective

vivid; graphic; fresh in memory

Describes memories, descriptions, or experiences that feel immediate and lifelike, as if still raw.

事じ故この記き憶おくがまだ生なま々なましい。
The memory of the accident is still vivid.
彼かれの話はなしは生なま々なましくて

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His story was so graphic it felt as if I had experienced it myself.

2

i-adjective

fresh; still new; recent

Used for physical things like wounds, blood, or events that are still fresh and not yet healed or settled.

傷きず口ぐちがまだ生なま々なましい。
The wound is still fresh.
事じ件けんの生なま々なましい現げん場ばがそのまま残のこっていた。
The fresh scene of the incident remained untouched.

Written forms

生なま々なましいUsage81%
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition mark 々 is preferred over 生生しい.
なまなましいUsage18%
生なま生なましいUsage2%
Non-repetition-mark spelling; less common but still encountered.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth

Similar words

鮮せん明めい
鮮明 means 'clear, vivid' in a visual or distinct sense, while 生々しい emphasizes rawness and immediacy, often with emotional impact.
生なま
生 is a prefix/noun meaning 'raw, fresh, live'; 生々しい is the adjective form that intensifies the sense of rawness or freshness.

Etymology

Derived from the noun/adjectival stem 生 (なま, 'raw, fresh') with the adjective-forming suffix ～しい, reduplicated for emphasis. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is well-established in modern Japanese.