Illustration: In a film-effects workshop, an artist lifts a lifelike artificial hand from a padded tray. Its palm has fine creases, its knuckles look slightly flushed, and tiny veins rise beneath the skin as the fingers curl naturally around the artist's sleeve.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

生なま々なましい

namanamashii

vivid, lifelike

Example sentences

  1. その作家さっかは殺人事件さつじんじけんを生々なまなましく描写びょうしゃした。

    The author described the murder case vividly.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その交通事故こうつうじこは彼かれの記憶きおくに生々なまなましい。

    The traffic accident is fresh in his memory.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その出来事できごとは今いまでも私わたしの記憶きおくに生々なまなましく残のこっている。

    The event still remains vivid in my memory.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 生

  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・なま

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