"若い" meaning in Japanese

See 若い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [β̞a̠ka̠i]
Etymology: From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *waka. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=わかい}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*waka|sort=わかい}} Proto-Japonic *waka Head templates: {{ja-adj|わかい|infl=i}} 若(わか)い • (wakai) -i (adverbial 若(わか)く (wakaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=わか|lemma=若|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 若い [canonical] (ruby: (わか)), wakai [romanization], 若く [adverbial] (ruby: (わか)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 若かろ [imperfective, stem], わかかろ [imperfective, stem], wakakaro [imperfective], 若く [continuative, stem], わかく [continuative, stem], wakaku [continuative], 若い [stem, terminative], わかい [stem, terminative], wakai [terminative], 若い [attributive, stem], わかい [attributive, stem], wakai [attributive], 若けれ [hypothetical, stem], わかけれ [hypothetical, stem], wakakere [hypothetical], 若かれ [imperative, stem], わかかれ [imperative, stem], wakakare [imperative], 若くない [informal, negative], わかくない [informal, negative], wakaku nai [informal, negative], 若かった [informal, past], わかかった [informal, past], wakakatta [informal, past], 若くなかった [informal, negative, past], わかくなかった [informal, negative, past], wakaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 若いです [formal], わかいです [formal], wakai desu [formal], 若くないです [formal, negative], わかくないです [formal, negative], wakaku nai desu [formal, negative], 若かったです [formal, past], わかかったです [formal, past], wakakatta desu [formal, past], 若くなかったです [formal, negative, past], わかくなかったです [formal, negative, past], wakaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 若くて [conjunctive], わかくて [conjunctive], wakakute [conjunctive], 若ければ [conditional], わかければ [conditional], wakakereba [conditional], 若かったら [conditional, past], わかかったら [conditional, past], wakakattara [conditional, past], 若かろう [volitional], わかかろう [volitional], wakakarō [volitional], 若く [adverbial], わかく [adverbial], wakaku [adverbial], 若さ [noun-from-adj], わかさ [noun-from-adj], wakasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. young, juvenile
    Sense id: en-若い-ja-adj-KF8ibDK8 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 56 19 5 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 57 17 5 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 61 14 5 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 81 7 2 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 17 5 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 13 5 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 44 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 34 5 23
  2. energetic, fresh
    Sense id: en-若い-ja-adj-hb-0K58F Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 46 18 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 44 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 34 5 23
  3. immature
    Sense id: en-若い-ja-adj-pZCFx2x2
  4. lesser in an order, smaller, earlier
    Sense id: en-若い-ja-adj-eppNWcw2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 44 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 34 5 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 気が若い (ki ga wakai) (ruby: (), (わか)) (english: young at heart)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "young at heart",
      "roman": "ki ga wakai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "若",
          "わか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "気が若い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "わかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*waka",
        "sort": "わかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *waka",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *waka.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "若い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "若",
          "わか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若く",
      "roman": "wakaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "若",
          "わか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わかい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "若(わか)い • (wakai) -i (adverbial 若(わか)く (wakaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "わか",
        "lemma": "若",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 19 5 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 17 5 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 14 5 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 7 2 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 17 5 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 13 5 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 44 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 34 5 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by as Tom Kusanagi, Sumi Shimamoto as Kikuko Kusanagi, Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi, and Kenichi Ono as Tōjirō Kusanagi (Akiko Hiramatsu), CBC, via TBS:",
          "roman": "Naisu rikabarī!",
          "text": "ナイスリカバリー!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by as Tom Kusanagi, Sumi Shimamoto as Kikuko Kusanagi, Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi, and Kenichi Ono as Tōjirō Kusanagi (Akiko Hiramatsu), CBC, via TBS:",
          "roman": "Naisu rikabarī!",
          "text": "ナイスリカバリー!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by as Tom Kusanagi, Sumi Shimamoto as Kikuko Kusanagi, Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi, and Kenichi Ono as Tōjirō Kusanagi (Akiko Hiramatsu), CBC, via TBS:",
          "roman": "Naisu rikabarī!",
          "text": "ナイスリカバリー!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "young, juvenile"
      ],
      "id": "en-若い-ja-adj-KF8ibDK8",
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "juvenile",
          "juvenile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 46 18 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 44 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 34 5 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "energetic, fresh"
      ],
      "id": "en-若い-ja-adj-hb-0K58F",
      "links": [
        [
          "energetic",
          "energetic"
        ],
        [
          "fresh",
          "fresh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one's thought is immature",
          "roman": "kangae ga wakai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ],
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "考えが若い",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "immature"
      ],
      "id": "en-若い-ja-adj-pZCFx2x2",
      "links": [
        [
          "immature",
          "immature"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 44 8 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 34 5 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "smaller number",
          "roman": "wakai bangō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "号",
              "ごう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "若い番号",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "earlier inning",
          "roman": "wakai iningu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "若いイニング",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lesser in an order, smaller, earlier"
      ],
      "id": "en-若い-ja-adj-eppNWcw2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠ka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "若い"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Proto-Japonic",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "young at heart",
      "roman": "ki ga wakai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "若",
          "わか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "気が若い"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "わかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "jpx-pro",
        "3": "*waka",
        "sort": "わかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *waka",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *waka.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "若い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "若",
          "わか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若く",
      "roman": "wakaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "若",
          "わか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "若さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wakasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わかい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "若(わか)い • (wakai) -i (adverbial 若(わか)く (wakaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "わか",
        "lemma": "若",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by as Tom Kusanagi, Sumi Shimamoto as Kikuko Kusanagi, Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi, and Kenichi Ono as Tōjirō Kusanagi (Akiko Hiramatsu), CBC, via TBS:",
          "roman": "Naisu rikabarī!",
          "text": "ナイスリカバリー!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by as Tom Kusanagi, Sumi Shimamoto as Kikuko Kusanagi, Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi, and Kenichi Ono as Tōjirō Kusanagi (Akiko Hiramatsu), CBC, via TBS:",
          "roman": "Naisu rikabarī!",
          "text": "ナイスリカバリー!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 April 16, “夫(ふう)婦(ふ)ゲンカはネコが食(く)う? [Would a Cat Eat a Marital Dispute?]”, in みかん絵(え)日(にっ)記(き) [Mikan Picture Diary], episode 23, spoken by as Tom Kusanagi, Sumi Shimamoto as Kikuko Kusanagi, Tarako as Mikan Kusanagi, and Kenichi Ono as Tōjirō Kusanagi (Akiko Hiramatsu), CBC, via TBS:",
          "roman": "Naisu rikabarī!",
          "text": "ナイスリカバリー!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "young, juvenile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "juvenile",
          "juvenile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "energetic, fresh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "energetic",
          "energetic"
        ],
        [
          "fresh",
          "fresh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "one's thought is immature",
          "roman": "kangae ga wakai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "考",
              "かんが"
            ],
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "考えが若い",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "immature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "immature",
          "immature"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "smaller number",
          "roman": "wakai bangō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "号",
              "ごう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "若い番号",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "earlier inning",
          "roman": "wakai iningu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "若",
              "わか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "若いイニング",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lesser in an order, smaller, earlier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠ka̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "若い"
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "若い",
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