► 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:
- 青春よ、戻ってきてくれ！ ⇨ My days of youth, please come back!
- りんごは青森の特産品だ ⇨ Apples are a famous product of Aomori
- 青春を謳歌する若者達 ⇨ Young people who are radiating the joy of youth
- 緑に近い青 ⇨ Green like blue
- 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
- 青信号が点灯した ⇨ A green light turned on
- 信号が青に変わった ⇨ The traffic signal changed to blue, green
- 淡い青 ⇨ Light, pastel, blue
- 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
- 青春群像劇 ⇨ A drama about lives of various young people
- 彼女の目は青い ⇨ Her eyes are blue
- 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
- 青春時代の追憶 ⇨ The memories of younger days