I Love Kanji青い (aoi)
青い (あおい, aoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “blue; azure”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あおい
- Romaji
- aoi
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- blue; azure · い-adjective
- green · い-adjective · mostly archaic or in ref. to fruits, vegetables and traffic lights
- pale (facial color); gray; grey · い-adjective
- unripe; inexperienced · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 青い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 青い | あおい aoi |
| Negative | 青くない | あおくない aokunai |
| Past | 青かった | あおかった aokatta |
| Negative past | 青くなかった | あおくなかった aokunakatta |
| Te-form | 青くて | あおくて aokute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 青く | あおく aoku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 青ければ | あおければ aokereba |
Kanji in 青い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 青い.
Source: JMdict entry 1381390 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.