青

Meaning

青 centers on the blue-green range of the color spectrum, covering both blue and green as a single concept. In Japanese, it often refers to fresh, young, or verdant things.

• 青あお
  N5

  blue; azure

• 青いあおい
  N5

  blue; azure

• 青春せいしゅん
  N1

  youth; adolescence; springtime of life

• 青年せいねん
  N3

  youth; young man

• 青山せいざん

  lush mountain; green mountain

• 青木あおき

  Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel

• 青空あおぞら
  N4

  blue sky

• 青色あおいろ

  blue

• 青葉あおば

  fresh leaves

• 青少年せいしょうねん
  N2

  young people; youth; the younger generation

• 青梅あおうめ

  unripe plum

• 番瀝青ペンキ
  N3

  paint

• 青柳あおやぎ

  green willow (i.e. one that has budded)

• 真っ青まっさお
  N3

  deep blue; bright blue

• 青白いあおじろい
  N2

  pale; pallid

• 青果せいか

  fruits and vegetables; produce

• 青銅せいどう

  bronze

• 青ざめるあおざめる
  N1

  to become pale; to turn pale

• 青写真あおじゃしん

  blueprint; cyanotype

• 青酸せいさん

  hydrocyanic acid; prussic acid; hydrogen cyanide

• 青雲せいうん

  blue sky

• 緑青ろくしょう

  verdigris; green rust; copper rust

• 青田買いあおたがい

  speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green

• 青年団せいねんだん

  young persons' association

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