► 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:
- 娘の彼氏は好青年だ ⇨ My daughter’s boyfriend is a good young man
- 青春ドラマ ⇨ An adolescent, coming-of-age, drama
- 青春よ、戻ってきてくれ！ ⇨ My days of youth, please come back!
- 緑に近い青 ⇨ Green like blue
- 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
- 濃い青 ⇨ Dark blue
- 青信号が点灯した ⇨ A green light turned on
- 青い空 ⇨ A blue sky
- りんごは青森の特産品だ ⇨ Apples are a famous product of Aomori
- あいつは未だ未だ青い ⇨ He is still green, naive
- 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
- 青い空 ⇨ Blue sky
- 青春を謳歌する若者達 ⇨ Young people who are radiating the joy of youth
- 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