アオイ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of アオイ – see the following entry.

[noun] For plant names:

[noun] アオイ: Any plant in the genera Alcea or Hibiscus: hollyhock, hibiscus

[noun] アオイ: Any plant in the Malvaceae family: mallow

[noun] アオイ: Synonym of 冬葵 (fuyuaoi, “Chinese mallow, Malva verticillata”)

[noun] アオイ: Synonym of 双葉葵 (futabaaoi, “Asarum caulescens”)

[noun] (heraldry) A design of mon using the image of Asarum caulescens.

[noun] One of the colour schemes used in Japanese traditional garment, with the outer layer in light blue color and the inner layer in light purple color; it is used in the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] a male or female given name

[proper noun] Aoi (a ward and neighborhood of Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan)

[proper noun] Aoi (neighborhoods in Japan):

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Naka and Higashi, Nagoya and of Okazaki and Nishio; in Aichi Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture.

[proper noun] The neighborhoods of Kakegawa and Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

[proper noun] A neighborhood of Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture.

(This term, アオイ (aoi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)