青せい春しゅん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

youth; adolescence; springtime of life

Refers to the period of youth, often with a poetic or nostalgic nuance. Commonly used in set phrases like 青春時代.

青せい春しゅんを過すごすto spend one's youth (doing something)
彼かれはサッカーに明あけ暮くれて青せい春しゅんを過すごした。
He spent his youth immersed in soccer.
青せい春しゅんを謳おう歌かするto fully enjoy and celebrate one's youth
大だい学がく生せいたちは自じ由ゆうな青せい春しゅんを謳おう歌かしている。
The college students are fully enjoying their free-spirited youth.
青せい春しゅんを取とり戻もどすto recapture one's lost youth
彼かの女じょは旅りょ行こうを通つうじて青せい春しゅんを取とり戻もどした気きがした。
She felt as if she had recaptured her youth through the trip.

若わかさ
若さ emphasizes the personal quality of being young, while 青春 refers to the whole life stage or era of youth, often with nostalgia.
青せい年ねんN3
青年 denotes a young man or youth as a person, whereas 青春 is the abstract period of life itself.
若わか者ものN2
若者 refers to young people in general, while 青春 refers to the concept or era of youth rather than the people living it.
春はるN5
青春 specifically evokes the nostalgic, romanticized years of youth, while 春 alone can more broadly mean any prime or flourishing period of life.
若わかい頃ころ
青春 evokes the abstract 'springtime of life' or youthful spirit, while 若い頃 concretely refers to the actual period when one was young.

老ろう後ごN1
青春 evokes the vigorous, hopeful springtime of life, while 老後 refers to the later years after retirement.

青せい春しゅん期き
adolescence; youth
青せい春しゅん小しょう説せつ
youth novel; coming-of-age novel
青せい春しゅん映えい画が
youth film; teen movie
青せい春しゅん時じ代だい
one's youth; youthful days; springtime of life
青せい春しゅん群ぐん像ぞう
portrait of youth; youthful crowd; young people coming into their own
青せい春しゅん18じゅうはちきっぷ
Seishun 18 ticket; seasonal unlimited local train pass

From Chinese 青春 (qīngchūn), literally 'green spring', a metaphor for the freshness and vitality of youth.