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真っ青 (まっさお): deep blue, ghastly pale — Japanese vocabulary

真っ青 is read まっさお and means "deep blue, ghastly pale". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

真っ青

Reading
まっさお · massao
Translation
deep blue, ghastly pale
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
まっさおが

Example

彼女を見たとたんに、彼は真っ青になった。

かのじょをみたとたんに、かれはまっさおになった。

He turned pale the instant he saw her.

Kanji in this word

  • 真 — truth, real
  • 青 — blue

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