青
青

blue, green

8 strokesFrequency 589JLPT N3Grade 1

On

セイショウ

Kun

あおあお-あお.い

Nanori

お

Dictionary

Common Words

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

青年せいねんNounFreq #3067
1

youth; young man

Examples
あの長髪の青年は粗野だ。
That long-haired youth is rude.
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

青春せいしゅんNounFreq #5550
1

youth; adolescence; springtime of life

Examples
僕らは青春の真っ只中だ。
We are in the heyday of youth.
青空あおぞらNounFreq #6002
1

blue sky

Examples
今日は、雲ひとつない青空だ。
Today the sky is a cloudless blue.
真っ青まっさお真青Noun～な Adj.Freq #6038
1

deep blue; bright blue

Examples
これをきいたとたん、彼は真っ青になった。
On hearing this, he turned pale.
2

ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

青色あおいろせいしょくNoun～の Adj.Freq #10135
1

blue

Examples
私は青色が一番好きです。
I like blue best of all colors.
未成年みせいねんNoun～の Adj.Freq #11631
1

minority (i.e. being under age); minor; underage person

Examples
君は未成年だから入れません。
Because you're a minor, you can't enter.
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