アオイ

Japanese

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

【葵あおい】J

[noun] For plant names:

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

[noun] Any plant in the Malvaceae family: mallow

[noun] synonym of 冬葵 (fuyuaoi, “Chinese mallow, Malva verticillata”)

[noun] synonym of 双葉葵 (futabaaoi, “Asarum caulescens”)

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

[noun] A symbol for the Tokugawa shogunate.

[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.

[noun] (women's speech) soba

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] a unisex 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.)