青あお白じろい

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青白い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	青あお白じろい	青あお白じろくない
Polite	青あお白じろいです	青あお白じろくないですalso 青あお白じろくありません
Past polite	青あお白じろかったです	青あお白じろくなかったですalso 青あお白じろくありませんでした
Past	青あお白じろかった	青あお白じろくなかった
Te-form	青あお白じろくて	青あお白じろくなくて
Adverbial	青あお白じろく
Conditional	青あお白じろければ	青あお白じろくなければ
Tara conditional	青あお白じろかったら	青あお白じろくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

pale; pallid

Describes a face, complexion, or light that is lacking healthy color, often due to illness, fear, or fatigue.

彼かれは病びょう気きで顔かおが青あお白じろい。
His face is pale from illness.
彼かの女じょは恐きょう怖ふで青あお白じろくなった。
She turned pale with fear.

i-adjective

bluish-white

Used for light or objects that have a cold, bluish-white tint, such as moonlight or fluorescent lighting.

月つきの青あお白じろい光ひかりが部屋へやに差さし込こんでいた。
The bluish-white light of the moon was shining into the room.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の顔かおが青あお白じろいsomeone's face is pale
彼かれは熱ねつがあるのか、顔かおが青あお白じろい。
He looks pale, maybe he has a fever.
青あお白じろい光ひかりa bluish-white light
蛍けい光こう灯とうが青あお白じろい光ひかりを放はなっていた。
The fluorescent light was giving off a bluish-white glow.
顔かお色いろが青あお白じろくなるto turn pale (in the face)
怖こわい話はなしを聞きいて、彼かの女じょの顔かお色いろが青あお白じろくなった。
Her face turned pale after hearing the scary story.
〈物もの〉が青あお白じろく光ひかるfor something to shine with a bluish-white light
満まん月げつが青あお白じろく光ひかっている。
The full moon is shining with a bluish-white light.

Kanji

青blue, green
白white
蒼blue, pale

Related words

蒼そう白はく sense 1
蒼白 is a formal, often medical, Sino-Japanese term for pallor, while 青白い is the everyday native adjective used to describe a pale face or bluish-white light.

Don't confuse with

白しろいN5
白い simply means 'white', whereas 青白い adds a bluish or sickly tint and is written with an extra kanji that learners sometimes overlook.
青あおいN5
青白い specifically means pale or ashen (often of skin), while 青い is the general color word that can also mean pale in the same context.

Word family

青あお白じろ
blue and white; blue-white · paleness; pallor
青あお白じろきインテリ
armchair intellectual; pale-faced intellectual

Built from

青あお+白しろい

Written forms

青あお白じろいUsage85%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
蒼あお白じろいUsage13%
Alternate kanji form using 蒼; less common.
青あおじろいUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 青 (ao, 'blue') + 白い (shiroi, 'white'), with rendaku voicing of shiroi to jiroi. The combination yields the meaning 'bluish-white' or 'pale'.