► 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:
- 雲一つ無い青空 ⇨ A cloudless blue sky
- 緑に近い青 ⇨ Green like blue
- 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
- 青春を謳歌する若者達 ⇨ Young people who are radiating the joy of youth
- 淡い青 ⇨ Light, pastel, blue
- 青春よ、戻ってきてくれ！ ⇨ My days of youth, please come back!
- 次代を担う青少年の育成 ⇨ Development of the youth who carry the next generation
- あいつは未だ未だ青い ⇨ He is still green, naive
- 濃い青 ⇨ Dark blue
- りんごは青森の特産品だ ⇨ Apples are a famous product of Aomori
- 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
- 青春時代の追憶 ⇨ The memories of younger days
- 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
- 青い空 ⇨ Blue sky
- 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