若人|わこうどwakoudo[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounyoung person
   この若人わこうどに対たいしてねたましく思おもう気持きもちを、君きみはやむを得えないものと受け入うけいれなければならない。↗

   You need to come to terms with your jealousy of this young man.

• Synonym若い者わかいものCasualColloquial. Young people, typically said by an elder with a 'young folks, eh' tone; more casual than 「若人」.
• Synonym若者わかものNeutralNeutral and the everyday default for young people, common in the news too; more down-to-earth than the poetic 「若人」.
• Synonym青年せいねんNeutralNeutral. Young people around the age of adulthood; can also mean young men specifically. At home in both writing and speech.
• SynonymヤングCasualColloquial loanword for the young, with a Showa-era pop flavor; 「若人」 is more refined.
• Synonym青少年せいしょうねんFormalFormal. Young people from childhood through youth; common in policy and education, e.g. 「青少年保護」.
• Related若年じゃくねんFormalFormal. Being young; mostly in compounds like 「若年層」 and 「若年性」.
• RelatedユースNeutralNeutral loanword for youth, mostly in sports contexts such as 「ユースチーム」.
• Related若衆わかしゅWrittenWritten/formal prose. An old-fashioned word for young people; in the Edo period also a boy not yet through his coming-of-age ceremony. 「若人」 is the poetic one.
• Related若い衆わかいしゅCasualColloquial. Young lads; also young servants in shops and homes. Carries an old-time flavor; 「若人」 is more elegant.
• Related年若としわかWrittenWritten/formal prose but rare even there; stresses being young in age, emphasizing youthfulness more than 「若人」.
• Antonym老人ろうじんNeutralNeutral antonym: the elderly — the exact opposite of the vigorous 「若人」.
• Antonym年寄りとしよりCasualColloquial antonym: old people, the counterpart of the young 「若人」.

「若人」 is an elegant, poetic word for young people, found mainly in lyrics and slogans like 「若人よ」. For everyday speech choose 「若者」; in formal contexts 「青年」; when covering both children/teens and young adults, 「青少年」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 若わかい人ひと。若者わかもの。
2. （集合的しゅうごうてきに）若わかい人々ひとびと。若者わかもの達たち、青年せいねん。青少年せいしょうねん。