蒼
蒼

blue, pale

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青い蒼いあおい碧い～い Adj.Freq #1589
1

blue; azure

Examples
なぜ空が青いか知っているか。
Do you know why the sky is blue?
2

Mostly archaic or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights

green

3

青い／蒼い only

pale (facial color); gray; grey

Examples
その知らせを聞いたとたんに彼女は青くなった。
The moment she heard the news, she turned pale.
4

青い／蒼い only

unripe; inexperienced

Examples
お前はまだ「青い」な。
You're still green.
青蒼碧あおFreq #2090
1

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

blue; azure

2

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Mostly in compound words and in ref. to fruits, plants and traffic lights

green

Examples
信号が青に変わったわよ。
The traffic light turned green.
3

Abbreviation; Common noun

green light (traffic)

4

Common noun

black (horse coat color)

5

Abbreviation; Common noun; Hanafuda

blue 5-point card

6

Prefix

immature; unripe; young

青ざめる蒼ざめるあおざめる青褪める蒼褪めるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #4759
1

to become pale; to turn pale

Examples
久夫は死人のように青ざめた顔色をしていた。
Hisao's face was as pale as that of a corpse.
青白い蒼白いあおじろい～い Adj.Freq #5161
1

pale; pallid

Examples
ジョンが戻ってきたとき、彼はまるで幽霊でもみたように青白い顔つきだった。
When John came back, he looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.
2

bluish-white

蒼白そうはくNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #9938
1

pale; pallid

青々青青あおあお蒼々蒼蒼碧々碧碧Adverb～と Adverb～する VerbFreq #16543
1

vividly green; lush green; fresh and green; verdant; deep blue

Examples
春になると森は青々としてくる。
Woods grow greener in the spring.
鬱蒼欝蒼うっそう鬱葱～と AdverbFreq #18961
1

'taru' adjective

thick; dense; luxuriant

顔面蒼白がんめんそうはくNoun～の Adj.四字熟語Freq #23411
1

one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face

Examples
交通事故のニュースに彼女は顔面蒼白となった。
The colour drained from her face at the news of the traffic accident.
青黒い黝い蒼黒いあおぐろい～い Adj.Freq #26112
1

black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

蒼穹そうきゅうNounFreq #32779
1

Formal or literary term

blue sky

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