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生々しい · i-adjective

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

Meanings

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、まるで自じ分ぶんが体たい験けんしたかのようだった。
His story was so graphic it felt as if I had experienced it myself.

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.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉〉の記憶きおくがまだ生々なまなましいthe memory of ~ is still vivid
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.
生々なまなましい傷きずa fresh, raw wound
彼かれの腕うでには生なま々なましい傷きずが残のこっていた。
A raw, fresh wound remained on his arm.
生々なまなましい描写びょうしゃa graphic, vivid description
小しょう説せつには戦せん争そうの生なま々なましい描びょう写しゃがあった。
The novel contained graphic descriptions of the war.
生々なまなましい証言しょうげんa vivid, firsthand testimony
被ひ害がい者しゃの生なま々なましい証しょう言げんに会かい場じょうは静しずまり返かえった。
The venue fell silent at the victim's vivid testimony.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth

Related words

鮮せん明めいN1sense 1
鮮明 describes something visually clear and distinct, while 生々しい adds a sense of rawness and emotional immediacy, often about disturbing memories.
リアルN1sense 1
リアル is a casual loanword for 'realistic', while 生々しい is a native adjective that specifically implies rawness, as if still fresh or unhealed.
赤せき裸ら々ら sense 1
赤裸々 means 'candid, frank' about exposing uncomfortable truths, while 生々しい focuses on the vivid, raw sensory or emotional quality of a memory or description.
新しん鮮せんN3sense 2
新鮮 is a neutral or positive word for 'fresh' (as with food or ideas), while 生々しい implies something raw and often unpleasant, like a fresh wound.
迫はく真しん
生々しい describes something raw and vivid, often unsettling, while 迫真 highlights convincing realism, especially in acting or depiction.

Don't confuse with

みずみずしいN1
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

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.

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.