大人 from level 1 vocabularies translates as “Adult” and has no alternative meaning. Is “Mature” suitable?
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No, 大人 means specifically a person who is an adult.
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Was there a particular reason you though “mature” would be an appropriate meaning?
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I thought that “mature” and “adult” are same, probably because they translate to the same word in my mother’s tongue.
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As long as you’re using “grown-up” as a noun to mean an adult person (someone who is no longer a child), then you should be fine.
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Technically it’s the same, but it’s much more childish. I wouldn’t recommend adding it as a synonym because of that.
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You’re clear that this word is a noun?
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Does Japanese have a synonym for 大人 that sounds more childish? If not, then I don’t see any problem with adding ‘grown-up’, @Nihongo_mantappu
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Very small children will sometimes say 大きい人.
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In your mother’s tongue, is there an equivalent for someone that acts maturely but isn’t an adult? or an adult that isn’t mature?
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Not OP, but I don’t think there is any (that is commonly used). Indonesians use “dewasa” for both “adult” and “mature”.
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A few 大人 related words do mean mature (or similar), but not by itself.
I think it’d be better if you provide us context sentences, so non Indonesian will clearly understand the reasons why, I have feelings I can connect (I use the word “connect” to explain a deeper layer beneath “understand”) with you but I’m not you so I can’t express my feelings in any language I know imperfectly.
Pake Indo aja kali ya biar saya ga blepotan. sori. Jadi maksud saya, mungkin lebih baik, situ sediakan contoh kalimat2 yang menurut situ 大人 ini benar dipakai dalam konteks pemahaman dari Bahasa Jepang ke Bahasa Jepang, bukan dari Bahasa Jepang ke bahasa2 lain seperti Indo ataupun Inggris. Supaya, pemahaman yang kita dapatkan/pelajari juga bisa seperti native speaker Jepang gitu. Gitu sih kalau menurut saya. Misalnya, context sentences yang bisa saya bikin (tapi ini sih kalo saya yang bikin, siapa tau konteks yang situ pahami mengenai kosakata ini beda dengan saya).
satu - Ketika melihat adik perempuannya menangis di mall hanya karena becanda dengan teman-temannya, ia berkata, “Jangan nangis dong. Kamu kan sudah dewasa.”
dua - Badan boleh dewasa, tapi kelakuannya masih anak SD kelas tiga. ~> biar ga sulit karena dikhawatirkan klausa kedua adalah idiom dalam bahasa Indo, Badan boleh dewasa, tapi kejiwaannya anak-anak.
tiga - Seorang ayah berkata kepada putri sulungnya yang duduk di bangku SMP kelas dua, “Nak, janganlah menjadi dewasa sebelum waktunya. Pada saatnya nanti, kamu juga pasti akan menjadi dewasa secara alami. Jadi kamu tidak perlu mengkhawatirkan kapan ayah menikah lagi setelah lama bunda meninggal. Yang penting kamu belajar aja sampai kamu dewasa. Nanti setelah dewasa kamu akan paham sendiri beban apa yang dipikul oleh orang-orang dewasa. Tidak perlu menjadi seperti keibu-ibuan begitu kepada ayah dan adik-adikmu.” <~ Ini memang sengaja saya bikin panjang banget karena contoh context sentence di WaniKani kan biasanya kalau yang nomor tiga sengaja paling rumit sendiri.
Segitu dulu.
cc @SeanBlue I responded to OP and to your comment here. I used Indonesian because it seemed OP is native Indonesian too from their reply to me previously in another thread. I hope they can elaborate on what I had suggested. Basically to understand Japanese in Japanese perspective (like reading 国語辞典 instead of reading 英和辞典 when learning Japanese, or like reading English to English dictionary instead of English to Indonesian dictionary when learning English as non native English speaker, or as native Indonesian).
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What’s with that casing of my username? 
It’s just seanblue. 
Anyway, I hope your response helps them!
You mean your name isn’t Sea N. Blue?!
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You mean your name isn’t James Craburn?
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No, it’s Le E. Bo, obviously
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I prefer Lee B.O.
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