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青い [ichi1,news2,nf25] 蒼い碧い [rK]
あおい [ichi1,news2,nf25]
1. [adj-i]
▶ blue
▶ azure
2. [adj-i]
《mostly archaic or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights》
▶ green
3. (青い,蒼い only) [adj-i]
▶ pale (facial color)
▶ gray
▶ grey
4. (青い,蒼い only) [adj-i]
▶ unripe
▶ inexperienced

Conjugations


History:
14. A 2023-12-28 20:41:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
13. A* 2023-12-28 14:03:57  penname01
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 青い │ 5,103,967 │ 89.7% │
│ 蒼い │   481,269 │  8.5% │
│ 碧い │   105,474 │  1.9% │
╰─ーー─┴───────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
12. A* 2023-12-28 13:19:11  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I thought "etc." did an OK job of conveying there might be other cases where it's used to mean green?
  Diff:
@@ -36,2 +36 @@
-<s_inf>in ref. to facial colour</s_inf>
-<gloss>pale</gloss>
+<gloss>pale (facial color)</gloss>
11. A* 2023-12-28 08:42:47  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
The "arch." abbreviation looks like it may be difficult to understand.
I think "etc." is confusing when used with lists of dissimilar things.
  Diff:
@@ -29 +29 @@
-<s_inf>mostly arch. or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights, etc.</s_inf>
+<s_inf>mostly archaic or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights</s_inf>
10. A 2021-11-21 06:44:29  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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