[Explanation of a color]

The Soushoku, it is a little dark blue-green like the dried was green grass. Origins of Chinese characters exactly that color the origin of the “blue”, from the fact that I was using the green grass on the roof of the “warehouse”. It is also read as “Aoio”, but systematically is the system of “green”.

Aoiiro As is the word “Sougan” and “Ganmensouhaku”, If you want to use for the face, will be used as an adjective that represents how pale face and complexion is worse than color. In addition, there is also a sense that the lush cover is vegetation in the blue, it was also used in the case of the epithet lush trees and green deep mountain.

By the way, “蒼天”,”蒼空” or for larger words related to the blue such as “蒼海”, it seems it is also often used instead of “blue” in modern.

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