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Doesn't Japanese have two words for green, one modern and one old, before the blue-green distinction? It does: midori (緑) and ao (青) https://en.wikipedia.org/
by hoseja 5y ago
Doesn't Japanese have two words for green, one modern and one old, before the blue-green distinction?
It does: midori (緑) and ao (青)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_(color)#Ao_versus_midori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_(color)#Ao_versus_midori
- wirthjason 5y agoThey also say the English “green”, as pointed out in the Wiki article. So there’s 3. :) In most context ao is definitely blue. It’s not green at all. The color of the sky is blue. Blue as green shows up in a few spots, the city/prefecture Aomori, the blew Forrest, or aotogarashi, the blue chili pepper (which is like a mini Serrano). I’m not an expert on the language but I’m sure there’s a bunch more.
- shagie 5y agoThe color of unripe bananas 青い (Aoi). A "greenhorn" or other inexperienced person is also Aoi. A youth / person in the springtime of their life is 青春.
- skhr0680 5y ago> A "greenhorn" or other inexperienced person is also Aoi. The etymology of that is different though. In Japanese it's because babies have a blue spot on their ass.