青

From the Huainanzi

goddess of frost and snow; frost and snow

lush mountain; green mountain

Proverb

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

Blue Sky with a White Sun; party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)

Blue House (official residence of the president of South Korea); Cheong Wa Dae

Buddhism

Shōmen Kongō; Blue-Faced Vajra; blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period

greenish nasal mucus; green snot

Incorrect variant of 青息吐息

deep distress

Chinese flowering ash (Fraxinus lanuginosa form. serrata)

parking on the street; curbside parking; kerbside parking; unauthorized parking outdoors

Bronze Age

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

young people

blue mold; blue mould; penicillium

green spring onion

green peas

blue traffic violation ticket (designating a minor violation)

Obsolete term; Colloquial

second-class ticket

fruit and vegetables; greengrocery

blue registration plate with white characters (used for diplomatic vehicles); diplomatic vehicle registration plate

Mariko Aoki phenomenon; phenomenon of feeling an urge to defecate when stepping inside a bookstore

lush waterside reeds

Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth (flag of the Republic of China)