ブルー

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Japanese

 
ブルー (burū): the color blue.

Etymology

Borrowing from English blue.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ブルー (burū-na (adnominal ブルー (burū na), adverbial ブルー (burū ni))

  1. blue (color)
    Synonym: 青い (aoi)
  2. blue (sad, depressed)
    Synonyms: 悲しい (kanashii), 憂鬱 (yūutsu)

Inflection

Noun

ブルー (burū

  1. blue (color)
    Synonyms: (ao), 青色 (aoiro), (darker blue, indigo) 藍色 (aiiro)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN