青あおい

i-adjective

blue; azure

Standard color term for blue, including sky blue and deep blue. Covers a wider blue-green range than English 'blue'.

• 今日きょうは空そらがとても青あおい。

  The sky is very blue today.

• 彼かの女じょは青あおい目めをしている。

  She has blue eyes.

i-adjective

green (of fruits, vegetables, traffic lights)

Used for green objects that Japanese traditionally calls 青い, such as unripe fruit, green vegetables, and green traffic lights. Mostly archaic or fixed in modern usage.

• 信しん号ごうが青あおいから渡わたろう。

  The light is green, so let's cross.

• このトマトはまだ青あおい。

  This tomato is still green (unripe).

i-adjective

pale; gray (facial color)

Only when written 青い / 蒼い

Describes a face that looks pale, ashen, or sickly. Often used with 顔.

• 彼かれは顔かおが青あおい。

  He looks pale.

• 驚おどろいて顔かおが青あおくなった。

  His face turned pale with shock.

i-adjective

unripe; inexperienced

Only when written 青い / 蒼い

Metaphorical extension from unripe fruit to a person who is green or inexperienced. Often used in set phrases like 青い考え.

• 彼かれはまだ青あおいが、やる気きはある。

  He's still inexperienced, but he's motivated.

• そんな青あおい考かんがえでは成せい功こうしない。

  You won't succeed with such naive ideas.