Kanji
Readingあお
Frequency60%
Used in (193 in total)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to become pale; to turn pale
pale; pallid; bluish-white
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
fresh leaves
large green soybean; green peas
celadon porcelain
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
vein (esp. in head)
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
wind blowing through fresh verdure; mountain air
bluish; tinged with blue
light blue; pale blue
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
Aomori (city, prefecture)
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
bluebird of happiness
bluish stone; greenish stone; blue-tinged tuff
green paddy
unripe plum
green bamboo
medium-grade millstone
blue-green; turquoise; aqua; (arch.) spirogyra; (arch.) algae forming pond scum
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
(horned) blue demon; blue ogre
cabbageworm (caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly)
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
green grass
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
aojiru; vegetable juice drink made from green leafy vegetables
having sex outdoors
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
blue and white; paleness; pallidness
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)
blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
grey heron (Ardea cinerea); gray heron
bluish sheen; steel-blue sheen
the blues; bluish colors
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree
dark-colored horse with a lustrous coat (coloured); white horse
green (tree) frog
blue eyes; a Westerner
green laver (Enteromorpha); green dried seaweed; nori
black (horse coat color)
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
blue mold; blue mould; penicillium
green spring onion
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
snake (esp. Japanese rat snake)
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
open-air market; outdoor market
feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps
green beefsteak plant; green perilla
ramie fibre (fiber)
grey tinged with green; grey tinged with blue
blueprint; cyanotype
brown (horse coat color)
wet behind the ears; inexperienced; immature
green crop; green vegetable
bluebottle fly; (arch.) little pest
blue return; blue-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which allows for special income deductions
dropsical (blue-green) swelling
greenish-black earth; green verditer; dark green tinged with yellow
bluish; greenish; immature; inexperienced; green
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
anxious or pained sigh
fruit and vegetable market
vegetable shop; greengrocery; seller of vegetables
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
Litsea cubeba
blue tag; blue card; blue ticket; batons (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
blue light (e.g. of LED); blue glow; cadmium blue
the student has become the master; (lit.) blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo
spirogyra; algae forming pond scum
shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Ilex macropoda (species of holly common in Japan)
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
dark blue; deep blue; navy blue
parking on the street; curbside parking; kerbside parking; unauthorized parking outdoors
flesh of a blueback fish
blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo
lush mountain; green mountain
blue traffic violation ticket (designating a minor violation); second-class ticket
blue registration plate with white characters (used for diplomatic vehicles); diplomatic vehicle registration plate
emperor moth (Actias artemis); Japanese moon moth
lush waterside reeds
blue light-emitting diode; blue LED
area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956)
armchair intellectual
Mariko Aoki phenomenon; phenomenon of feeling an urge to defecate when stepping inside a bookstore
green flesh (melon, etc.); green meat (e.g. discolored tuna meat)
area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956)
green tassel hung above the northeast corner of the ring
powderized green laver; blue-green algae (esp. Microcystis spp.); cyanobacteria; algal bloom; water bloom
Aomori Nebuta Festival (August 2-7)
cultivar of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); cultivar of mulberry
pre-harvest estimate of a rice field's yield and selling price
Harbin pear (Pyrus ussuriensis var. hondoensis); Ussurian pear; Chinese pear
brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
failing to ripen or blossom
fruit harvested before it's ripened
maple tree not yet turned red; kasane color combination (green at front and russet behind)
bright yellow-green tinged with grey
Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis); dayflower blue dye
spiderwort-dyed paper (used for making a rough sketch when dyeing)
Prussian blue
salad of fish and vegetables, dressed with crushed mustard leaves and greens seasoned with sake lees, miso and vinegar
methylene blue
blueprint
blue letter style; comparatively mature fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in blue)
dealing in unharvested rice crop
Bluetooth (variety of short-range wireless LAN)
bacterial wilt (caused by the bacteria Ralstonia solanacearum)
soy flour made from parched green soybeans
poisonous algae bloom (often green in color) (colour)
dark indigo tinged with brighter blue
liquid seasoning made from leaf vegetables mixed with sake, mirin, sugar, etc.
Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria)
queen coralbead (Cocculus orbiculatus)
green mandarin; mandarin variety that can be eaten while the skin is green
Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii); white-bellied stork
white-bellied green pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
greenshank (species of sandpiper, Tringa nebularia)
chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)
Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)
Schlegel's green tree frog (Rhacophorus schlegelii)
blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Aleutian mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica)
Chlorophthalmus borealis (species of greeneye)
blue-gray snapper (Aprion virescens); green jobfish
Japanese flowering ash (Fraxinus sieboldiana)
red-root amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus); redroot pigweed; red-rooted pigweed; common amaranth; pigweed amaranth; common tumbleweed
great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit
scoring combination consisting of the June, September, and October 5-point cards
Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (species of greeneye)
gutweed (Ulva intestinalis); grass kelp
bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)
European greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
small-scale whiting (Sillago parvisquamis); blue whiting
blue-winged skipper butterfly
aoganpi (Wikstroemia retusa); ganpi
Maries' fir (Abies mariesii)
Epipactis papillosa (species of orchid)
the people; the public; citizenry
young girl unused to the ways of the world; woman not serving in the imperial court
blue telephone; (blue) public telephone
shaved head; person with a shaved head
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)