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► 成句
皮算用  [(3)かわざんよう]  [捕らぬ狸の皮算用]    meaning:  naive  rank: 4
☆ たってもいないくじの使えるなんてらぬの皮算用だね (とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう) ⇨ Thinking about how to use lottery money you haven’t won is exactly the case of “count hides of raccoon dogs you still haven’t caught yet”

► 名詞
お人好し  [おひとよし]    meaning:  naive  rank: 4
☆ はお人好しぎる ⇨ He is too nice a person, too naive, gullible

► 形容詞
青い  [(2)あおい]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  naive  rank: 2
☆ あいつは未だ未だ青い ⇨ He is still green, naive

► 形容動詞
世間知らず  [(4)せけんしらず]    meaning:  naive  rank: 2
☆ はお坊ちゃまで世間知らずだ ⇨ He is a rich kid and really naive  (☛ Literally means “not know the world”)

  [(1)うぶ]    meaning:  naive  rank: 3
☆ あの未だ初だ ⇨ That girl is still very naive, doesn’t know men

温室育ち  [(5)おんしつそだち]    meaning:  naive  rank: 4
☆ 彼女は温室育ちでかっていない ⇨ She grew up in a greenhouse, bubble, and is clueless about the real world