あお
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. blue; azure
2. green
mostly arch. or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights, etc.
3. pale; gray; grey
in ref. to facial colour
4. unripe; inexperienced
Kanji used
blue
Pitch accent
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
bluebird of happiness
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
wet behind the ears; inexperienced; immature
Examples (72 in total)
Your lips are blue.
The flower is blue.
This is a blue house.
His eyes are blue.
That blue one is also mine.
How blue the sky is!
That sea is blue.
This building is blue.
Why is the sky blue?
I want a blue cake.
His bicycle is blue.
He was dressed in blue.
This pear is green.
That girl's eyes are blue.
She decided on a blue dress.
Get out of the water. Your lips are blue.
Wear something blue.
But his eyes were blue and bright.
He reached the blue sea.
Maria has blue eyes.
He has blue eyes and blond hair.
I couldn't buy a red coat, so I bought a blue one.
If I were you, I would paint it blue.
He had a blue jacket on.
She inherited her mother's blue eyes.
She likes blue dresses.
The blue roses are very beautiful.
The earth is blue. Like an orange.
The grass in the park is green and beautiful.
It is false to say that snow is blue.
Tom has a blue car.
Blend the red paint with the blue paint.
There was nothing but the blue sea as far as the eye could reach.
Police officers wear blue uniforms.
The blue sports car came to a screeching halt.
Why aren't there any blue gummy bears?
She has large blue eyes.
Do you know the reason why the sky looks blue?
The blue dress suits her.
I like this blue dress.
Don't touch that blue button.
Which shirt do you like more, the red one or the blue one?
The American police are in blue uniforms.
He always wears a blue shirt.
Seen from a spacecraft, the earth looks blue.
This blue sweater is very pretty.
I painted the gate blue.
That child wanted to try on that blue shirt.
A green banana is not ripe enough to eat.
The girl with blue eyes is Jane.
Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
Tom is wearing a blue bandana on his head.
Mary was wearing a knee-length blue dress.
I've decided to buy the blue car.
This flower is yellow, but all the others are blue.
Yesterday, Mary gave me a book with a blue cover.
The mountains are red against the blue sky.
His blue coat was dirty and wrinkled.
I love those big, green figs.
She's a blue-eyed Chinese Muslim.
She looks pale as if she were ill.
Both girls have blue eyes.
The blue of her eyes stands out against her rather dark skin.
Look, look! On the branch of the orange tree, there is a blue hermit crab!
Scientists have come up with many explanations for why the sky is blue.
She wore a blue dress made by her mother for the concert.
A blue suit, white shirt and red tie are essential for all male workers.
When I last saw him, he was wearing a blue shirt and white slacks.
The blue lines on the map represent rivers.
"Why is the sky blue?" "The sky isn't always blue."
In 1853, the first blue jeans came out.
The blue lines on the map correspond to rivers.