あお
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 (113 in total)
① 青みのある白。② 血色が悪く、具合の悪そうなさま。
① 衝撃・恐怖などで顔の色が青白くなる。
① いかにも青いさま。
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)。
① 青々と樹木が茂った山。
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
bluish purple
flesh of a blueback fish
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
medium-grade millstone
① 緑と青の中間色。
① 青い色の筋。② 皮膚を透かして、青く見える静脈。
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)
blue eyes; a Westerner
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。
① 「青大将」のひらがな表記。
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
① アオサ科アオノリ属の緑藻植物の総称。
green beefsteak plant; green perilla
brown (horse coat color)
wind blowing through fresh verdure
Aomori (city, prefecture)
① 若くて未熟であること。
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。
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
green calabash; unripe gourd; scrawny, pale person; sallow-faced person
powderized green laver; blue-green algae (esp. Microcystis spp.); cyanobacteria; algal bloom; water bloom
green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
① 青くて広い海。
① 青草のようなにおいがするさま。② 考え方や態度などに未熟さが感じられるさま。
bluish stone; greenish stone; blue-tinged tuff
(horned) blue demon; blue ogre
sleeping under the stars; having sex outdoors
dark-colored horse with a lustrous coat (coloured); white horse
① 不完全菌類モニリア目アオカビ属のカビの総称。
① 黄色みがかった濃い青色。② 青黒い土。③ 緑色と朱色
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。
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
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)
bluish; greenish; immature; inexperienced; green
cultivar of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); cultivar of mulberry
Hypselodoris festiva (species of sea slug)
large green soybean; green peas
light blue; pale blue
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。
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
① 緑色の葉菜類の総称。
green grass
① 緑色の野菜。野菜全般を指す場合もある。② 背が青い魚。
the blues; bluish colors
① 不完全菌類モニリア目アオカビ属のカビの総称。
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
green spring onion
snake (esp. Japanese rat snake)
Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)
green gold
blueprint; cyanotype
dropsical (blue-green) swelling
green crop; green vegetable
Ilex macropoda (species of holly common in Japan)
emperor moth (Actias artemis); Japanese moon moth
Litsea cubeba
greenish nasal mucus; green snot
blue tag; blue card; blue ticket; batons (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)
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
lush waterside reeds
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)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
anxious or pained sigh
blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
greenshank (species of sandpiper, Tringa nebularia)
Harbin pear (Pyrus ussuriensis var. hondoensis); Ussurian pear; Chinese pear
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
Aleutian mountainheath (Phyllodoce aleutica)
bluish russet
blueprint
Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria)
European greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
Prussian blue
bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)
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
aoganpi (Wikstroemia retusa); ganpi
Epipactis papillosa (species of orchid)
Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii); white-bellied stork
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)
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Examples (24 in total)
I like blue.
One is blue.
The light is green.