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青い

青い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1

Adjective

青い (-i inflection, hiragana あおい, romaji aoi, historical hiragana あをい)

  1. blue
  2. (of vegetation or traffic lights) green
  3. pale
  4. unripe; green (inexperienced)
    おまえはまだ (あお)
    Omae wa mada aoi.
    You're still green.

Inflection

Idioms

  •  (となり)芝生 (しばふ) (あお) ()える (tonari no shibafu wa aoku mieru, the grass is always greener on the other side)