青あお葉ば

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

fresh leaves; young green leaves

Refers to the new, vibrant green leaves of spring and early summer. Often used poetically or in seasonal descriptions.

庭にわの木き々ぎに青あお葉ばが茂しげり始はじめた。
The trees in the garden have started to grow fresh green leaves.
青あお葉ばの季き節せつになると、公こう園えんが一いち番ばん美うつくしい。
When the season of fresh leaves comes, the park is at its most beautiful.

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Usage patterns

青あお葉ばが茂しげるfor fresh green leaves to grow thick/lush
公こう園えんの木き々ぎに青あお葉ばが茂しげってきた。
The trees in the park have grown thick with fresh green leaves.
青あお葉ばの季き節せつthe season of fresh green leaves
五ご月がつは青あお葉ばの季き節せつで、山やまがきれいだ。
May is the season of fresh green leaves, and the mountains look beautiful.
青あお葉ばが風かぜに揺ゆれるfor fresh green leaves to sway in the wind
青あお葉ばが風かぜに揺ゆれる音おとが心地ここちよい。
The sound of the fresh green leaves swaying in the wind is soothing.

Kanji

青blue, green
葉leaf, plane, lobe

Related words

若わか葉ば
若葉 emphasizes the newness and tenderness of leaves just sprouted, while 青葉 focuses on their vivid green color once fully out.
新しん緑りょく
新緑 describes the overall fresh greenery of early summer as a scene, while 青葉 refers specifically to the leaves themselves.

Opposites

紅葉もみじN3
青葉 is the vivid green foliage of spring and early summer, while 紅葉 is the red and yellow foliage of autumn.

Counted with

葉よう
counter for leaves, sheets of paper, etc. · counter for boats (archaic)

Word family

アオバズク
brown hawk owl

Built from

青あお+葉は

Written forms

青あお葉ばUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling; common in news and literary contexts.
あおばUsage3%
アオバUsage<1%

Etymology

Compound of 青 (あお, 'blue/green') and 葉 (は, 'leaf'), with rendaku voicing of は to ば. The word has been used since Old Japanese to describe the fresh green leaves of spring and summer.