I Love Kanji青白い (aojiroi)
青白い (あおじろい, aojiroi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “pale; pallid”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あおじろい
- Romaji
- aojiroi
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- pale; pallid · い-adjective
- bluish-white · い-adjective
Example sentences
ジョンが戻ってきたとき、彼はまるで幽霊でもみたように青白い顔つきだった。
When John came back, he looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 青白い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 青白い | あおじろい aojiroi |
| Negative | 青白くない | あおじろくない aojirokunai |
| Past | 青白かった | あおじろかった aojirokatta |
| Negative past | 青白くなかった | あおじろくなかった aojirokunakatta |
| Te-form | 青白くて | あおじろくて aojirokute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 青白く | あおじろく aojiroku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 青白ければ | あおじろければ aojirokereba |
Kanji in 青白い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 青白い.
青あおblue青いあおいblue青年せいねんyouth青少年せいしょうねんyoung people (ages 12 to 25)真っ青まっさおdeep blue青春せいしゅんyouth白しろwhite白いしろいwhite面白いおもしろいinteresting白髪しらがwhite hair真っ白まっしろpure white告白こくはくconfession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.)白状はくじょうconfession明白めいはくobvious
Source: JMdict entry 1381760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.