青い — meaning in English

English meaning

• azure noun A bright blue color, like a clear sky.
• blue adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
• green adj Having the colour of growing grass or leaves.

Senses

青い is used for these senses in English:

• azure Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
• blue (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
• blue Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
• green (figurative) Inexperienced.
• green Having a status (as correct, ready, or safe) denoted or coded by the color green.
• grue (linguistics) Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that lacked a distinction between green and blue.

azure — full definition

1. noun A bright blue color, like a clear sky.
2. adj Of a bright, clear blue color.

blue — full definition

1. adjective Having the colour of a clear daytime sky.
2. adjective Sad or depressed.
3. noun The colour itself, between green and violet on the spectrum.
4. noun A member of a police force, sports team, or political party associated with the colour blue (informal, often plural as "blues").

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