Japanese

Noun

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

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

Usage notes

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 terms

• 黄信号 (きしんごう) ‎(kishingō, “yellow light”)
• 赤信号 (あかしんごう) ‎(akashingō, “red light”)

See also

• 信号機 (しんごうき) ‎(shingōki, “traffic light, the signalling device”)