How to say blue in Japanese

JLPTN5
青★【あおao】蒼・碧

noun / ~の noun:

  • blue; azure
  • green - mostly in compound words and in ref. to fruits, plants and traffic lights

noun:

  • green light (traffic) - abbreviation ➜ 青信号
  • black (horse coat color) ➜ 青毛

prefix:

  • immature; unripe; young

Example Sentences

なぜnaze、会社kaishaによってniyotte、ブルーカラーBURUUKARAAのno人hitoのnoほうhouがga、ホワイトカラーHOWAITOKARAAのno人hitoよりyori給料kyuuryouがgaいいiiのですnodesuかka？
Why are, depending on the company, blue-collar workers better paid than white-collar ones?
本気honkiでde似合うniauとto思っていたomotteitaらしいrashiiシャツSHATSUはha辞退jitaiしshi、淡いawaiブルーBURUUのnoポロシャツPOROSHATSUをwoいただくitadakuことにしたkotonishita。
The shirt she apparently seriously thought suited me I turned down and decided to accept a light blue polo shirt.
突然totsuzenですdesuがga、みなさんminasanはha「若者wakamonoからkara見下されたmikudasareta」とto感じたkanjitaことkoto、ありますarimasuかka？
This is out of the blue, but has everybody once felt 'looked down upon by young folk'?
生粋のkissuinoお嬢様ojousamaだからdakaraなna。残念zannenながらnagara悪戯itazuraとかtokaじゃなくてjanakuteあれareでde素motoだda。
She's pure bred blue-blood you see. Unfortunately that's no sort of put-on but her natural self.
例えばtatoeba、『ねえnee、ちょうど今choudoima青いaoi四角shikakuのno紙kamiをwo見たmitaよyo。』のようにnoyouniだda。
Like, 'Hey, I just saw a blue paper square!'

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