noun, takes genitive case の, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. dressing oneself up to look young, altering one's appearance to look young, dressing younger than one's age.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
若作り わかづくり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

young, if, perhaps
わか.い ジャク ニャ (6th, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
right
みぎ ウ ユウ (1st, N5)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
make, production, prepare
サク つく.る サ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
though, notwithstanding, while
サ サク -なが.ら (Kentei Pre-1)