青柳

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
あお
Grade: 1
やぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
靑柳 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

Analyzable as a compound of (ao, green, as of lush plant life) +‎ (yagi, willow, shorter compounding reading for (yanagi)).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あお)(やぎ) (aoyagiあをやぎ (awoyagi)?

  1. [from 700s] a budding willow
  2. [from early 1700s] a particular kind of (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)
  3. [from 1970s] a shucked 馬鹿貝 (bakagai, surf clam)
  4. [date uncertain] a variety of soybean with large, round, and large yellow seeds, grown mainly in Saitama Prefecture

Proper noun

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(あお)(やぎ) (Aoyagiあをやぎ (Awoyagi)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
あお
Grade: 1
やなぎ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
靑柳 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Cited in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1]

Analyzable as a compound of (ao, green, as of lush plant life) +‎ (yanagi, willow).[1]

This reading is not listed in many dictionaries.[2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [a̠o̞ja̠na̠ɡʲi]

Noun

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(あお)(やなぎ) (aoyanagiあをやなぎ (awoyanagi)?

  1. [700s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a budding willow
  2. [early 1700s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) a particular kind of (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

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 青柳”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 青柳”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN