ヤングyangu

1. no-adjectiveyoung
2. nounyouth; young person

• Synonym若者わかものNeutralThe standard, most common word for young people, as in 「若者の文化」; 「ヤング」 has a Shōwa-era trendy feel and is little used today.
• Synonym若年じゃくねんWrittenWritten/formal prose for being young, as in 「若年層」「若年性」; leans statistical and medical, while 「ヤング」 sounds trendy and spoken.
• SynonymユースNeutralLoanword for youth, as in 「ユースチーム」「ユースホステル」; leans toward sports and travel, while 「ヤング」 leans trendy.
• Synonym若人わこうどWrittenWritten, literary word for young people with a fresh, vigorous feel, as in 「若人の祭典」; 「ヤング」 is more spoken and trendy.
• Synonym青少年せいしょうねんWrittenA blanket term for young adults and minors, as in 「青少年育成」; leans legal and educational, where 「ヤング」 rarely stands alone, appearing in compounds like 「ヤングケアラー」.
• Synonym若い者わかいものCasualColloquial for young people, as in 「今の若い者は」, often with an elder's tone; also a young employee of a merchant or samurai household.
• Related若い衆わかいしゅCasualColloquial, for young lads; also a young shop assistant, with a traditional merchant-class flavor — a sense 「ヤング」 lacks.
• Related年若としわかWrittenWritten word for being young, now rarely used; everyday speech says 「若い」, while 「ヤング」 carries a Shōwa-era trendy feel.
• Related若衆わかしゅWrittenStrongly historical: in the Edo period, a boy before his coming-of-age ceremony; also young people, now mostly young members at festivals.
• Antonym老齢ろうれいFormalFormal term for advanced age, as in 「老齢年金」; the opposite of 「ヤング」 in terms of age.
• AntonymオールドNeutralLoanword for old or old-fashioned, mostly used in compounds; it pairs with 「ヤング」 as the old-versus-young opposite.

Use 「ヤング」 for young people or young; it has a Shōwa-era trendy feel and often appears in compounds like 「ヤング層」. Today 「若者」 is the usual word, 「青少年」 for youths and minors; the opposites are 「オールド」 and 「老齢」.

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1. 若わかい人ひと。若者わかもの。