青信号

See also: 靑信號

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
青	信	号
あお Grade: 1	しん Grade: 4	ごう Grade: 3
on’yomi

NounEdit

青信号 (hiragana あおしんごう, rōmaji aoshingō)

1. a green traffic light, a green light (abbr. 青)

Usage notesEdit

This is literally blue signal which leads Japanese speakers of English to say "blue signal" when they mean green light more often than not.

Coordinate termsEdit

• 赤信号 (あかしんごう) (akashingō, “red light”)
• 黄 (き)信 (しん)号 (ごう) (kishingō, “yellow light”)

See alsoEdit

• 信 (しん)号 (ごう)機 (き) (shingōki, “traffic light, the signalling device”)