初々しい

ういういしい【初々しい】

innocent; naive; fresh; pure; simple; unsophisticated; unaffected. [⇒うぶ]

●初々しい花嫁 an innocent (young) bride; a blushing bride

・紺色のスーツ姿が初々しい新入社員 a fresh new employee in a navy blue suit.

●成人式に向かう娘の晴れ着姿が初々しかった. My daughter looked pure and innocent as she set off in her kimono for the coming-of-age ceremony.

・披露宴の新郎新婦はなんとも初々しかった. There was an air of innocence and freshness about the newlywed couple at the reception.

初々しく innocently; naively; unsophisticatedly.

●彼女は新妻らしく, 初々しくふるまっていた. She behaved with fresh innocence, like a newlywed wife should.

初々しさ innocence; naïveté; naivety; freshness.

●花嫁は, まだ初々しさの残るあどけない顔立ちをしていた. The bride's artless face still retained its innocence.