salad year

Noun

idiomatic

(idiomatic) The inexperienced, youthful prime of an individual, group, organization or entity.

Japanese Meaning

若さ故の未熟な最盛期 / 経験の浅い青春期 / 若々しくも未熟な時期

During the startup's salad year, its founders learned more from failed launches than any business school could teach.

そのスタートアップは若さの盛りの時期に、創業者たちが失敗した製品の立ち上げから学んだことが、どのビジネススクールよりも多かった。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) The inexperienced, youthful prime of an individual, group, organization or entity.

The author's novels from her salad years lacked the sophistication and depth of her later works.

salad years

（ plural ）