表層形
わかーく
ワカーク
形容詞
わかーく (ワカーク)
Wakaiku · わかーく — young, youthful; immature, green; low (number), small
Other ways to say “young” in Japanese →
わかーく in rōmaji: wakaiku.
形容詞
一般
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📝 若い 🔤 形容詞 📐 連用形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月27日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
わかーく
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
若い
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| 読み (Reading) |
ワカーク
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形容詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
形容詞
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
わかーく
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| 読み・基本形 |
ワカーイ
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| 表記・基本形 |
わかーい
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| 見出し語の読み |
ワカイ
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How it's used
Used in informal speech or writing to describe someone or something as young, youthful, or immature; also to describe low numbers or amounts.
彼はまだわかーくて、経験が足りない。
Kare wa mada wakaakute, keiken ga tarinai.
He is still young and lacks experience.
この数字はわかーくて、問題ない。
Kono suuji wa wakaakute, mondai nai.
This number is low, so it's not a problem.
💡 English Meaning
わかーく means “young, youthful; immature, green; low (number), small” — full definition & examples →
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ワカーク
Lemma: 若い
形容詞一般**
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⚡ 形容詞 (I-adjective) Inflections
| 丁寧形 (Polite) |
若いです
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
若くない
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| 過去形 (Past) |
若かった
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| て形 (Te-form) |
若くて
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| 副詞形 (Adverbial) |
若く
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| 仮定形 (Conditional) |
若ければ
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Did you know · 形容詞
形容詞 (i-adjectives) end in い and conjugate directly. They can act as predicates or modify nouns directly without a particle.
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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (わかーく) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (若い) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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