► 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:
- あいつは未だ未だ青い ⇨ He is still green, naive
- 信号が青に変わった ⇨ The traffic signal changed to blue, green
- 濃い青 ⇨ Dark blue
- りんごは青森の特産品だ ⇨ Apples are a famous product of Aomori
- 青春よ、戻ってきてくれ！ ⇨ My days of youth, please come back!
- 青い空 ⇨ A blue sky
- 青森は豪雪地帯だ ⇨ Aomori is an extreme-snow region
- 青信号が点灯した ⇨ A green light turned on
- 雲一つ無い青空 ⇨ A cloudless blue sky
- 次代を担う青少年の育成 ⇨ Development of the youth who carry the next generation
- 青春ドラマ ⇨ An adolescent, coming-of-age, drama
- 雲一つ無い青空 ⇨ A cloudless blue sky
- 青い空 ⇨ Blue sky
- 彼は大失敗に気が付いて青ざめた ⇨ He turned pale when he realized the he had made a critical mistake
- 青春時代の追憶 ⇨ The memories of younger days