青々(あおあお)

あおあお
adverb
lush green, vividly blue/green
color
1. lush green, vividly green/blue
Describes something that is intensely green (vegetation) or blue (sky, water). Almost always used with the particle と.
芝生(しばふ)が青々(あおあお)としている。
The lawn is lush and green.
田(た)んぼに稲(いね)が青々(あおあお)と茂(しげ)っている。
The rice plants are growing lush and green in the paddy field.
山(やま)の木々(きぎ)が青々(あおあお)と茂(しげ)る季節(きせつ)になった。
The season has come when the mountain trees grow lush and green.
雨上(あめあ)がりの空(そら)が青々(あおあお)と広(ひろ)がっていた。
The sky stretched out vividly blue after the rain stopped.

青々(あおあお) is a repetitive adverb (畳語(じょうご)) that intensifies the meaning of 青(あお)い.

Common patterns

  • Almost always used as 青々(あおあお)と + verb
  • Can also be used as 青々(あおあお)とした + noun (lush green [noun])

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 赤々(あかあか)と (blazing red)
  • 白々(しらじら)と (pale white)

Related Words

Related: 広々(ひろびろ) (spaciously)
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Added 2026.3.25 23:44 · Revised 2026.10.10 15:21
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