アオ
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. blue; azure
2. green
mostly in compound words and in ref. to fruits, plants and traffic lights
Noun
Abbreviation
3. green light (traffic)
4. black (horse coat color)
5. blue 5-point card
Prefix
6. immature; unripe; young
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (106 in total)
① 青々と樹木が茂った山。
① 「青大将」のひらがな表記。
① ガリア科(旧ミズキ科、アオキ科)の樹木、Aucuba japonica の標準和名。② 〔方言〕特定のモチノキ科モチノキ属(Ilex)の木本。③ 〔方言〕特定のムクロジ科(旧カエデ科)カエデ属(Acer)の木本。④ 〔方言〕特定のクスノキ科の木本。⑤ 〔方言〕特定のヒノキ科の木本。⑥ 〔佐久方言、静岡方言、伊予松山方言〕マサキ(Euonymus japonicus)。⑦ 〔岩手県岩手方言、気仙方言、香川方言〕ハナイカダ(Helwingia japonica)。
powderized green laver; blue-green algae (esp. Microcystis spp.); cyanobacteria; algal bloom; water bloom
① アオサ科アオノリ属の緑藻植物の総称。
Aomori (city, prefecture)
sleeping under the stars; having sex outdoors
① コウノトリ目サギ科アオサギ属に属する鳥の一種。学名: Ardea cinerea。② 馬の毛色の名。薄青色の毛。
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)
① 蝶、蛾の幼虫で長毛がなく体が緑色のものの総称。② あおごかいの別称。
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
emperor moth (Actias artemis); Japanese moon moth
① 不完全菌類モニリア目アオカビ属のカビの総称。
green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
① いかにも青いさま。
Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
large green soybean; green peas
Ilex macropoda (species of holly common in Japan)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
① 青い色の筋。② 皮膚を透かして、青く見える静脈。
bluebird of happiness
① 梅の未熟な果実。梅の、まだ成熟していない(まだ青い)果実。梅の青い(緑色の)果実。
medium-grade millstone
① 緑と青の中間色。
dark-colored horse with a lustrous coat (coloured); white horse
Litsea cubeba
lush waterside reeds
blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
greenshank (species of sandpiper, Tringa nebularia)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
Aleutian mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica)
green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
wind blowing through fresh verdure
light blue; pale blue
① 若くて未熟であること。
bluish purple
bluish stone; greenish stone; blue-tinged tuff
green paddy
① 行くことが安全であることを知らせる青色または緑色の灯火信号。古くは「緑信号」とも呼ばれた。② 計画などをそのまま進行させてもよいというしるし。
(horned) blue demon; blue ogre
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
① 緑色の葉菜類の総称。
green grass
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
① 緑色の野菜。野菜全般を指す場合もある。② 背が青い魚。
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
blue eyes; a Westerner
the blues; bluish colors
green beefsteak plant; green perilla
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
green spring onion
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)
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
brown (horse coat color)
Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
green gold
① 青くて広い海。
flesh of a blueback fish
blueprint; cyanotype
green crop; green vegetable
dropsical (blue-green) swelling
① 黄色みがかった濃い青色。② 青黒い土。③ 緑色と朱色
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
blue tag; blue card; blue ticket; batons (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo
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
cultivar of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); cultivar of mulberry
area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956)
green flesh (melon, etc.); green meat (e.g. discolored tuna meat)
anxious or pained sigh
Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
Harbin pear (Pyrus ussuriensis var. hondoensis); Ussurian pear; Chinese pear
bluish russet
European greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)
aoganpi (Wikstroemia retusa); ganpi
Epipactis papillosa (species of orchid)
Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii); white-bellied stork
blueprint
Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria)
Prussian blue
soy flour made from parched green soybeans
fruit harvested before it's ripened
dark indigo tinged with brighter blue
bright yellow-green tinged with grey
maple tree not yet turned red; kasane color combination (green at front and russet behind)
green mandarin; mandarin variety that can be eaten while the skin is green
salad of fish and vegetables, dressed with crushed mustard leaves and greens seasoned with sake lees, miso and vinegar
methylene blue
scoring combination consisting of the June, September, and October 5-point cards
blue telephone; (blue) public telephone
young girl unused to the ways of the world; woman not serving in the imperial court
shaved head; person with a shaved head
the people; the public; citizenry
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)
Examples (24 in total)
I like blue.
One is blue.
The light is green.