Related words 青あお っぱな More emphatic or childish variant with the same meaning; often used when speaking to or about children.
鼻はな 水みず General term for runny nose or nasal mucus, not specifically green.
Written forms 青洟あおばな Usage 19%
Standard kanji spelling using 洟 (nasal mucus).
あおばな Usage 69%
青あお ばな Usage 6%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, common when the kanji 洟 is considered difficult.
青あお 鼻ばな Usage 6%
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 鼻 normally means 'nose', but here it stands for nasal mucus.
Etymology Compound of 青 (ao, 'blue/green') and 洟 (hana, 'nasal mucus'). The reading hana becomes bana due to rendaku.
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