生々しい

• 読み: なまなましい
• ローマ字: namanamashii
• 漢字の分解: 生 (nama) — raw, fresh (repeated for intensification)
• 発音: /na.ma.na.ma.ɕiː/

意味

Vivid; raw; graphic; disturbingly realistic. Describes something that feels uncomfortably fresh, immediate, or unprocessed — especially trauma, violence, or memory.

An i-adjective formed by the reduplication 生々 (intensifying 'raw') + しい. The repetition intensifies the sense of rawness. Used to describe accounts, images, or memories that are so vivid they feel as if no time has passed — often with an unsettling quality. 生々しい傷 (raw wound), 生々しい記憶 (vivid memory), 生々しい描写 (graphic depiction) are typical compounds.

例文

1. 事故現場の生々しい映像がニュースで繰り返し流された。
2. 戦場から帰った兵士の言葉は生々しく、聴衆の心を揺さぶった。
3. あの失恋の記憶はまだ生々しく、思い出すだけで胸が痛む。

使い方ガイド

場面: journalism, literature, film/media, personal narratives

トーン: intense

起源と歴史

From 生 (nama, raw) reduplicated as 生々 + しい. The doubling intensifies the rawness, suggesting something so unprocessed it feels painfully immediate.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal