青あおざめる

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

青ざめる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

turn pale; become pale

Describes a person's face losing color due to fear, shock, illness, or strong emotion.

〈人ひと〉の顔かおが青あおざめるsomeone's face turns pale
その知しらせを聞きいて、彼かれの顔かおが青あおざめた。
His face turned pale when he heard the news.
〈事こと〉に青あおざめるto turn pale at/from something (fear, shock)
彼かの女じょは恐きょう怖ふに青あおざめた。
She turned pale with fear.
青あおざめた顔かおで〈動どう詞し〉to do something with a pale face
彼かれは青あおざめた顔かおで立たっていた。
He stood there with a pale face.

真まっ青さおN3
真っ青 is a noun/adjective describing a deep or ghostly pale color and is used in 真っ青になる, which sounds more vivid and sudden than the verb 青ざめる.
蒼そう白はく
蒼白 is a more literary or medical noun for pallor, often used as 顔面蒼白になる, whereas 青ざめる is the everyday verb for someone's face losing color.

赤あからむN1
赤らむ means a face turns red (e.g. from embarrassment or heat), the opposite color change from 青ざめる, which means a face turns pale.

青あおざめるUsage75%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
蒼あおざめるUsage20%
Alternative kanji for 'blue/pale'; less common than 青ざめる.
あおざめるUsage3%
青褪あおざめるUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 褪 suggests fading.
蒼褪あおざめるUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; combines alternative 'blue' and 'fade' kanji.

Compound of 青 (あお, 'blue, pale') + ざめる, a voiced form of さめる (褪める, 'to fade, discolor'). The voicing (連濁) is regular for such compounds.