青白い

あおじろい
Alternative writings: 蒼白い, 青じろい
JLPT:N2
Frequency:

1Having lost color and looking pale or ashen, especially in the face, due to illness, fear, cold, etc.

I-Adjective

Examples

彼女は熱があるのか、顔が青白い。

Her face looks pale — maybe she has a fever.

幽霊を見たと言って、彼は青白い顔で震えていた。

Claiming he'd seen a ghost, he trembled with a pale face.

徹夜明けの彼の顔はひどく青白かった。

After staying up all night, his face was terribly pale.

寒さで唇まで青白くなっていた。

Even his lips had turned pale from the cold.

2Having a faint bluish tinge mixed into an otherwise white color, typically describing light.

I-Adjective

Examples

満月が青白い光を放っていた。

The full moon gave off a bluish-white light.

蛍光灯の青白い光は目が疲れやすい。

The bluish-white light of fluorescent lamps tires the eyes easily.

深夜の病院の廊下は青白い明かりに包まれていた。

The hospital corridor was bathed in a bluish-white light late at night.