若じゃく年ねん

じゃ

く

ね

ん

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

youth; young age

Refers to being young in age, often used in formal, legal, or statistical contexts. Commonly appears in compounds like 若年層 (young age group) or 若年者 (young person).

若じゃく年ねん層そうの失しつ業ぎょう率りつが上じょう昇しょうし

て

いる

。

The unemployment rate among young people is rising.

若じゃく年ねんでの結けっ婚こんは珍めずらしくなくなった。

Marriage at a young age is no longer unusual.

Usage patterns

若じゃく年ねんで〈動どう詞し〉to do something at a young age
彼かれは若じゃく年ねんで会かい社しゃを設せつ立りつした。
He founded a company at a young age.
若じゃく年ねんにして〈動どう詞し〉even at a young age, to do something (formal)
彼かの女じょは若じゃく年ねんにして社しゃ長ちょうに就しゅう任にんした。
She became president even at a young age.

Kanji

若young, if, perhaps
年year, counter for years
弱weak, frail

Related words

若わか者ものN2
若年 is a formal, abstract term for the state of being young (used in legal/statistical contexts), while 若者 concretely refers to young people themselves.
青せい年ねんN3
青年 usually denotes a young man or youth in a personal, everyday sense, whereas 若年 is a more abstract, formal term for young age.
弱じゃっ冠かん
若年 is a general, neutral term for 'youth' or 'young age', while 弱冠 specifically stresses how remarkably young someone is, often in the context of an achievement.

Opposites

老ろう年ねん
老年 is the parallel formal term for old age, contrasting directly with 若年's meaning of young age.
高こう齢れいN3
若年 means young age, the direct opposite of 高齢 in demographic and statistical contexts.
老ろう齢れい
若年 means young age, the direct opposite of 老齢's old age, and both are used in similarly formal contexts.

Don't confuse with

若じゃっ干かんN2
若干 shares the kanji 若 and a similar sound with 若年 but means 'a few/some', not 'young age'.

Word family· 7

若じゃく年ねん層そうN1
young people; the young; youth demographic
若じゃく年ねん型がた
juvenile type; youthful pattern
若じゃく年ねん認にん知ち症しょう
early-onset dementia; presenile dementia

Written forms

若じゃく年ねんUsage100%
Standard kanji form; commonly used in compounds and formal contexts.
弱じゃく年ねんUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should prefer 若年.

Etymology

Compound of 若 (young) and 年 (year, age). The reading じゃくねん uses the on'yomi of both characters.

初しょ老ろう

若年 means a young age, the opposite end of the age spectrum from 初老, which marks the approach of old age.

若じゃく年ねん性せい糖とう尿にょう病びょう

juvenile diabetes

若じゃく年ねん性せい脱だつ毛もう症しょう

premature alopecia; early-onset hair loss

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若じゃく年ねん性せい認にん知ち症しょう
early-onset dementia; presenile dementia
若じゃく年ねん性せいアルツハイマー
early-onset Alzheimer's disease