青柳

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]

• (Tokyo) あおやぎ [àóyágí] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ja̠ɡʲi]

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

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

1. a surname

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]

• IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ja̠na̠ɡʲi]

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