Illustration: On a small Japanese passenger ferry, a queasy traveler sits rigidly on a bench with an unusually pale, faintly bluish face and drained lips. Their healthy-looking companion sits immediately beside them under the same daylight, making the difference in complexion clear.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

青あお白じろい

aojiroi

pale, pallid

Example sentences

  1. ジョンが戻もどってきたとき、彼かれはまるで幽霊ゆうれいでもみたように青白あおじろい顔かおつきだった。

    When John came back, he looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.

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  2. 病気びょうきですか。顔かおが青白あおじろいよ。

    Are you sick? You look pale.

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  3. 君きみは大変たいへん青白あおじろい顔かおをしている。

    You look very pale.

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Kanji in 青白

  • 青blue; greenOnセイ・ショウKunあお・あお-・あおい
  • 白whiteOnハク・ビャクKunしろ・しら-・しろい

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