青柳
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 青 | 柳 |
| 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 青 (ao, “green, as of lush plant life”) + 柳 (yagi, “willow”, shorter compounding reading for 柳 (yanagi)).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
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 | |
|---|---|
| 青 | 柳 |
| 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 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
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “青柳”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “青柳”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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