Vocabulary Card – 青い – aoi


furigana: あおい
romaji: aoi
Meaning: blue
Level: JLPT N5


Writing

Kanji Meaning Onyomi Kunyomi JLPT
青 blue, green SEI ao(i) 4
い hiragana i 5

Grammar: i-adjective

Form Kanji Furigana
Romaji JLPT
plain form 青い あおい aoi 5
past 青かった あおかった aokatta –
negation 青くない あおくない aokunai –
past negation 青くなかった あおくなかった aokunakatta –
sa form 青さ あおさ aosa –
sou form 青そう あおそう aosou –

Examples

Kanji 青い空の下に青いりんごがあります。
Furigana あおいそらのしたにあおいりんごがあります。
Romaji aoi sora no shita ni aoi ringo ga arimasu.
English There is a green apple under the blue sky.

Please note that 青い in general has the meaning of blue, but for fruits and traffic lights 青い is used to express the color green.


Vocabulary

Synonym

Kanji Furigana
Romaji Meaning JLPT
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Opposite

Kanji Furigana
Romaji Meaning JLPT
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Related words

Kanji Furigana
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Comments

  1. The sentence for ”aoi ringo” (with kanji version) is missing the particle, ‘ni’, which appears in the furigana version.

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