青い – Vocabulary details

青あおい

Meanings

Adjective (い)

1. blue; azure

空そらは青あおかったですね。The sky was blue, wasn't it?

2. green

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

青あおい草くさの上うえに寝ね転ころんだ。I lay down on the green grass.

3. pale (facial color); gray; grey

彼かの女じょは青あおい顔かおで口くち元もとを片かた手てで押おさえた。Pale-faced, she covered her mouth with one hand.

4. unripe; inexperienced

彼かれはまだ考かんがえが青あおい。His thinking is still naive.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

青

blue

Pitch accent

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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)

青あおい鳥とり

bluebird of happiness

隣となりの芝しば生ふは青あおい

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

隣となりの芝しばは青あおい

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

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Examples (91 in total)

唇くちびるが青あおいわよ。

Your lips are blue.

花はなは青あおいです。

The flower is blue.

これは青あおい家いえです。

This is a blue house.