青

cordierite

Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)

Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)

ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background

powderized green laver

Word usually written using kana alone

blue-green algae (esp. Microcystis spp.); cyanobacteria

algal bloom; water bloom

blue-green; malachite green; color of green bamboo

mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria); mantis crab; squilla

young people

emperor moth (Actias artemis); Japanese moon moth

blue mold; blue mould; penicillium

greenbottle fly (esp. species Lucilia caesar)

green spring onion

Parabenzoin praecox

blue traffic violation ticket (designating a minor violation)

Obsolete term; Colloquial

second-class ticket

fruit and vegetables; greengrocery

lush waterside reeds

Blue Book (government-issued report)

green flesh (melon, etc.)

green meat (e.g. discolored tuna meat)

anxious or pained sigh

Card games

2 of batons (high-scoring card in mekuri karuta)

blue ballot (representing an opposition vote)

Sumo

green tassel hung above the northeast corner of the ring

argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)

Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)