青い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 青い | 青くない |
| Polite | 青いです | 青くないですalso 青くありません |
| Past polite | 青かったです | 青くなかったですalso 青くありませんでした |
| Past | 青かった | 青くなかった |
| Te-form | 青くて | 青くなくて |
| Adverbial | 青く | |
| Conditional | 青ければ | 青くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 青かったら | 青くなかったら |
Standard color term for blue, including sky blue and deep blue. Covers a wider blue-green range than English 'blue'.
The sky is very blue today.
She has blue eyes.
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.
The light is green, so let's cross.
This tomato is still green (unripe).
Only when written 青い / 蒼い
Describes a face that looks pale, ashen, or sickly. Often used with 顔.
He looks pale.
His face turned pale with shock.
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.
He's still inexperienced, but he's motivated.
You won't succeed with such naive ideas.
His face is pale, maybe from a fever.
She has blue eyes.
A banana that's still green isn't sweet yet.
I was told that idea was still naive.
She turned pale-faced upon hearing the news.
fresh leaves; young green leaves
unripe plum; green plum
green willow; budding willow · trough shell meat; Mactra chinensis meat
pale; pallid · bluish-white
turn pale; become pale
medium-grade millstone
green traffic light · green light; go-ahead; permission to proceed
inexperienced; immature; green; naive · grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
vividly green; lush green; verdant; deep blue
blueprint; cyanotype · blueprint; plan; master plan
green laver; aonori; dried green seaweed flakes
green rice paddy
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue/green · vegetable garnish; green garnish
vegetables; greens · blueback fish
leafy green vegetables; greens
blue sky; open sky · skyrocketing; unlimited; the sky's the limit
blue and white; blue-white · paleness; pallor
green shiso; green perilla
green bamboo
grey heron; gray heron
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
bluish; greenish · immature; inexperienced; green; naive
cabbageworm; caterpillar of the cabbage white butterfly
powdered green laver · blue-green algae; cyanobacteria · algal bloom; water bloom
Japanese rat snake
green grass