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.

Analyzable as a compound of 青 (ao, “green, as of lush plant life”) +‎ 柳 (yagi, “willow”, shorter compounding reading for 柳 (yanagi)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あおやぎ [àóyágí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ja̠ɡʲi]

Noun

青(あお)柳(やぎ) • (aoyagi) ^{←あをやぎ (awoyagi)?}

1. [from 700s] a budding willow
2. [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)

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

青(あお)柳(やぎ) • (Aoyagi) ^{←あをやぎ (awoyagi)?}

1. 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.

Analyzable as a compound of 青 (ao, “green, as of lush plant life”) +‎ 柳 (yanagi, “willow”).

This reading is not listed in many dictionaries.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ja̠na̠ɡʲi]

Noun

青(あお)柳(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 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