► 名詞緑 [(1)みどり]
meaning: green rank: 1☆ この
街は緑が
少ない ⇨ This town doesn’t have much green, vegetations
☆ 緑の
車 ⇨ A green car
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)