藍

Rare term

haüyne; hauynite

Word usually written using kana alone; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted

Buddhism; Orig. meaning

main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)

Abbreviation; Common noun; Buddhism

temple (esp. large one); monastery

Noun, used as a suffix; Buddhism

temple building

large temple edifice; large temple

indigo blue

deep indigo

cabbage

dark indigo

pupil excelling his master

livid

religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa)

Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)

kai-lan; gai-lan; Chinese broccoli

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)

covellite

Proverb

the student has become the master; blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo

complete seven-structured temple compound

pale cyan; pale azure

Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)

synthetic indigo

surpassing one's master

deep purple; reddish indigo

Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)

Buddhism

Buddhist convent or monastery