Hi! I'm looking to translate the word 懐春 "kaishun" from Japanese into English. It's an archaic word with the meaning of "To reach a certain age and encounter lust. To become sexually aware. Especially said about girls". The word literally translates to "Yearning of Youth" or "Yearning of Spring".

Is there a similar archaic/poetic word in the English language?

To blame me for something which I may or may not have committed.

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stul·ti·fy

verb

cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine.

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vel·le·i·ty

noun formal

a wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.

"the notion intrigued me, but remained a velleity"

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"feel-good bromides create the illusion of problem solving"

Sophists were pre-Socratic philosophers in ancient Greece skilled in rhetoric, but their intellectualism eventually led to more negative connotations. I think the current definition is a great word with some utility in politics and the Silicon Valley tech world.

Sophisticated used to have the misleading or dishonest aspect of the current definition of "sophist," but it was dropped to simply mean elegant, worldly, or lacking naivety. The two basically switched definitions.

My favorite use of the root word is "sophomore," which literally means wise fool. That's the perfect description for someone in their second year of school!