JLPT N2 · な-adjective

真っ青 (massao)

真っ青 (まっさお, massao) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “deep blue; bright blue”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まっさお
Romaji: massao
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

deep blue; bright blue · な-adjective, noun
ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

これをきいたとたん、彼は真っ青になった。

On hearing this, he turned pale.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 真っ青

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	真っ青だ	まっさおだ massaoda
Present (polite)	真っ青です	まっさおです massaodesu
Negative	真っ青じゃない	まっさおじゃない massaojanai
Past	真っ青だった	まっさおだった massaodatta
Negative past	真っ青じゃなかった	まっさおじゃなかった massaojanakatta
Te-form	真っ青で	まっさおで massaode
Before a noun	真っ青な	まっさおな massaona
Adverb (~ni)	真っ青に	まっさおに massaoni

Kanji in 真っ青

真

true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes

青

blue, greenセイ・ショウ・あお・あお- · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真っ青.

写真しゃしんphotograph真面目まじめserious真剣しんけんserious真似まねimitating真理しんりtruth真っ赤まっかbright red真空しんくうvacuum真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark真っ黒まっくろpitch-black真っ先まっさきthe head真っ白まっしろpure white真似るまねるto mimic真実しんじつtruth真珠しんじゅpearl

Source: JMdict entry 1604080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.