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青い (aoi)
A1 adjective
🇬🇧 English: blue
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adjective

青い (aoi)

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The colour of the sky on a clear day and of deep water.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a blue sky', or after verbs: 'the sky is blue'. Common collocations: blue eyes, sky blue, navy blue, blue jeans, out of the blue (meaning unexpected).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Blue is one of the most popular colours in the world and is often associated with trust, calm, and sadness. In English, feeling 'blue' means feeling sad. 'Blueprint' originally referred to a type of technical drawing.

例文

その女性は青い髪をしている。(Sono josei wa aoi kami o shite iru.)

"その女性は青い髪をしている。(Sono josei wa aoi kami o shite iru.)"

🇬🇧 "The woman has blue hair."

私のクレジットカードは青色です。(Watashi no kurejitto kādo wa aoiro desu.)

"私のクレジットカードは青色です。(Watashi no kurejitto kādo wa aoiro desu.)"

🇬🇧 "My credit card is blue."

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