► 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:
- りんごは青森の特産品だ ⇨ Apples are a famous product of Aomori
- 青春時代の追憶 ⇨ The memories of younger days
- 青春ドラマ ⇨ An adolescent, coming-of-age, drama
- 彼女には青が似合う ⇨ Blue looks good on her
- 雲一つ無い青空 ⇨ A cloudless blue sky
- あいつは未だ未だ青い ⇨ He is still green, naive
- 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
- 蠍の刺青 ⇨ A scorpion tattoo
- 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
- 青森は豪雪地帯だ ⇨ Aomori is an extreme-snow region
- 緑に近い青 ⇨ Green like blue
- 淡い青 ⇨ Light, pastel, blue
- 青春を謳歌する若者達 ⇨ Young people who are radiating the joy of youth
- 娘の彼氏は好青年だ ⇨ My daughter’s boyfriend is a good young man
- 彼は外に出たことがないような青白い顔をしている ⇨ His face is so pale as if he never goes outside