青白い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あお
Grade: 1
しろ > じろ
Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
靑白い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

(ao, blue) + 白い (shiroi, white). The shiroi changes to jiroi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「青白い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 青白く おじろく
おじろ

Terminal (終止形) 青白い おじろ
Attributive (連体形) 青白い おじろ
Key constructions
Informal negative 青白くない おじろくない
おじろくない

Informal past 青白かった おじろかった
おじろかった

Informal negative past 青白くなかった おじろくなかった
おじろくなかった

Formal 青白いです おじろいです
Conjunctive 青白くて おじろくて
おじろくて

Conditional 青白ければ おじろければ
おじろければ

Adjective

(あお)(じろ) (aojiroi-i (adverbial (あお)(じろ) (aojiroku))

  1. pallid, wan, pale
  2. bluish-white

Inflection