Search Terms: *碧*
Dictionary results(showing 17 results)
noun, no-adjective
1.
blue, azure
2.
green(mostly in compound words and in ref. to fruits, plants and traffic lights)
noun
3.
Other readings:
蒼【あお】
、碧【あお】
adjective
1.
blue, azure
2.
green(mostly arch. or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights, etc.)
3.
pale, gray, grey(only relevant for 青い and 蒼い)(in ref. to facial colour)
4.
unripe, inexperienced(only relevant for 青い and 蒼い)
Other readings:
蒼い【あおい】
、碧い【あおい】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
adverb, to-adverb
•
verdant, fresh and green, bright green, lush(often 青々として)
Other readings:
青青【あおあお】
、蒼蒼【あおあお】[1]
、碧碧【あおあお】[1]
、蒼々【あおあお】[1]
、碧々【あおあお】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
•
red-haired and blue-eyed (person), a Westerner(yojijukugo)
noun
•
third of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and east)
See also:九星
expression
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the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)(yojijukugo)(from a Chinese legend)