青柳
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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青 | 柳 |
あお Grade: 1 | やぎ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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靑柳 (kyūjitai) |
From Old Japanese. Cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]
Analyzable as a compound of 青 (ao, “green, as of lush plant life”) + 柳 (yagi, “willow”, shorter compounding reading for 柳 (yanagi)).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) あおやぎ [àóyágí] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
- IPA(key): [a̠o̞ja̠ɡʲi]
Noun
青柳 • (aoyagi) ←あをやぎ (awoyagi)?
- [from 700s] a budding willow
- [from early 1700s] a particular kind of 襲 (kasane, “layered color coordination for kimono”), using a deep blue-green for both inner and outer layers; alternatively, blue-green for the outer layer and purple for the inner layer
- Synonym: (both layers green) 両面萌葱 (ryōmen moegi)
- [from 1970s] a shucked 馬鹿貝 (bakagai, “surf clam”)
- [date uncertain] a variety of soybean with large, round, and large yellow seeds, grown mainly in Saitama Prefecture
Proper noun
青柳 • (Aoyagi) ←あをやぎ (awoyagi)?
- a surname
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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青 | 柳 |
あお Grade: 1 | やなぎ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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靑柳 (kyūjitai) |
From Old Japanese. Cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]
Analyzable as a compound of 青 (ao, “green, as of lush plant life”) + 柳 (yanagi, “willow”).[1]
This reading is not listed in many dictionaries.[2][3][4][5]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a̠o̞ja̠na̠ɡʲi]
Noun
青柳 • (aoyanagi) ←あをやなぎ (awoyanagi)?
- [700s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a budding willow
- [early 1700s – ???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a particular kind of 襲 (kasane, “layered color coordination for kimono”), using a deep blue-green for both inner and outer layers; alternatively, blue-green for the outer layer and purple for the inner layer
References
- “青柳”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- “青柳”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN