初々(ういうい)しい

ういういしい
adjective (i-adjective)
fresh, innocent, youthful
1. fresh, innocent, youthful, unspoiled
Having a pure, fresh quality characteristic of youth or inexperience. Used positively to describe someone who is charmingly new to something.
初々(ういうい)しい新入社員(しんにゅうしゃいん)。
A fresh-faced new employee.
初々(ういうい)しい笑顔(えがお)が印象的(いんしょうてき)だった。
Their innocent smile was memorable.
入学(にゅうがく)したばかりの学生(がくせい)たちの初々(ういうい)しい姿(すがた)を見(み)ると、自分(じぶん)の若(わか)い頃(ころ)を思(おも)い出(だ)す。
Seeing the fresh-faced students who have just enrolled reminds me of my own youth.

FORMS:

  • Adnominal: 初々(ういうい)しい + noun
  • Adverbial: 初々(ういうい)しく
  • Predicate: 初々(ういうい)しい

USAGE:
Always positive in connotation. Used to describe the charming freshness of someone new to a role, relationship, or stage of life. Often used by older people looking at younger people with warm nostalgia.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 初々(ういうい)しい姿(すがた): fresh, youthful appearance
  • 初々(ういうい)しい笑顔(えがお): innocent smile
  • 初々(ういうい)しい新人(しんじん): fresh-faced newcomer
  • 初々(ういうい)しいカップル: a new couple (still in the honeymoon phase)
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