なまなましい
Namanamashii
Other forms: 生生しい
生々しい (Namanamashii) is a Japanese i-adjective meaning “vivid (memory, description, etc.), fresh, graphic, raw”.
Meanings
- i-adjectivevivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; raw; true-to-life; first-hand (experience)
- i-adjectivefresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent; just occurred
Examples
その交通事故は彼の記憶に生々しい。
The traffic accident is fresh in his memory.
彼は地震の後の混乱を生々しく描写した。
He vividly depicted the confusion following the earthquake.
その作家は殺人事件を生々しく描写した。
The author described the murder case vividly.
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