緑みどり

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

green

The color green; also used as a no-adjective to describe something green.

信しん号ごうが緑みどりになったら渡わたりましょう。
Let's cross when the light turns green.
彼かの女じょは緑みどりのドレスを着きていた。
She was wearing a green dress.

2

noun

greenery; verdure

Refers to green vegetation, plants, or lush natural scenery.

公こう園えんには緑みどりがたくさんある。
There is a lot of greenery in the park.
都と会かいにもっと緑みどりがほしい。
I wish there were more greenery in the city.

Written forms

緑みどりUsage78%
Standard kanji for green and greenery.
みどりUsage16%
翠みどりUsage4%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; often associated with jade or kingfisher blue-green.
ミドリUsage2%
綠みどりUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kyūjitai form.

Kanji

緑green
翠green, kingfisher
綠green, chlorine

Similar words

青あお
青 covers blue and sometimes green (e.g., traffic lights, young leaves), while 緑 specifically refers to green.
グリーン
Loanword from English; often used in compound words or specific contexts like golf, but 緑 is the basic Japanese word for green.

Etymology

Originally referred to new buds or fresh vegetation. The kanji 緑 is composed of 糸 (thread) and 彔 (a phonetic component), and has been used for the color green since ancient times.