youthfulness
若々しさ
解説 Definition
若々しい、または活発な外見や精神を持つ特性。青年期に典型的な活力と新鮮さを備えた状態。
Youthfulness is the quality of seeming young in appearance, energy, or attitude. It is often used in a positive way to describe freshness, liveliness, and vitality. It does not always mean being young in actual age.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず中心の youth（若者・若さ）が見えれば意味の核は取れます。そこに youthful で「若々しい」、さらに -ness が付いて「その性質・状態」になった形です。young が年齢の若さをそのまま言いやすいのに対し、youthful / youthfulness は見た目・雰囲気・活力が若い感じを表しやすいのがポイント。a sense of youthfulness, keep one’s youthfulness のように、外見だけでなく気分やエネルギーにも使えると覚えると定着します。
Build it step by step: `youth`, then `youthful`, then `youthfulness`. That makes it easier to remember as the quality of seeming young, not just being young in age. Think of common phrases like `a sense of youthfulness` or `keep your youthfulness`.
例文
Her youthfulness was evident in her energetic movements.
彼女の若々しさは活発な動きから明らかだった。
Despite his age, he maintained a sense of youthfulness.
年齢にもかかわらず、彼は若々しさを保っていた。
The youthfulness of the team brought fresh ideas to the project.
チームの若々しさはプロジェクトに新しい考えをもたらした。
youthfulness の類義語・関連語
youthfulness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
youthfulnessはyouth『若さ』に-ful『満ちた』、-ness『性質・状態』が重なった形です。youthfulやyoungも同じゲルマン系の根に連なり、原義は『若さに満ちていること』。ただ若いのでなく、『若さが外にあふれる感じ』まで含む語だと分かります。
Youthfulness was built in English from youth, -ful, and -ness. Youth comes from an old Germanic root, and youthful is a closely related form; young belongs to the same wider family. The idea developed into the state or quality of being full of youth.
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