► 名詞
青 [(1)あお] meaning: blue rank: 1
☆ 日本では信号は緑ではなく青だ ⇨ In Japan traffic signal is blue, instead of green (☛ Comes from a fact that in old Japanese green was considered a shade of blue and there was no separate word for green)
青 [(1)あお] meaning: green rank: 3
☆ 青野菜 ⇨ Green vegetables (☛ Comes from a fact that in old Japanese green was considered a shade of blue and there was no separate word for green)
More examples:
- 青春時代の追憶 ⇨ The memories of younger days
- 淡い青 ⇨ Light, pastel, blue
- 失敗に気がついて彼は真っ青になった ⇨ He realized his mistake and he became completely blue, pale
- 彼女の目は青い ⇨ Her eyes are blue
- 彼等の青春時代は戦争で破壊された ⇨ Their days of youth were destroyed by the war
- 赤いドレスのほうが青いのより良い ⇨ The red dress is better than the blue one
- 青春ドラマ ⇨ An adolescent, coming-of-age, drama
- 彼は大失敗に気が付いて青くなった ⇨ He turned pale when he realized the he had made a critical mistake
- 青い空 ⇨ Blue sky
- お前みたいな青二才に意見される覚えはない ⇨ I don’t need an opinion of an inexperienced one like you
- 青春を謳歌する若者達 ⇨ Young people who are radiating the joy of youth
- 濃い青 ⇨ Dark blue
- 青信号が点灯した ⇨ A green light turned on
- 次代を担う青少年の育成 ⇨ Development of the youth who carry the next generation
- 雲一つ無い青空 ⇨ A cloudless blue sky