浅葱裏あさぎうら

noun

blue-green lining; kimono with blue-green lining

Refers to a lining of a pale blue-green color (浅葱色) used in kimono, or a kimono featuring such a lining. A specialized clothing term.

• この着き物ものは浅葱裏あさぎうらが美うつくしい。

  This kimono has a beautiful blue-green lining.

noun

unsophisticated provincial samurai (stationed in Edo)

Historical derogatory term for low-ranking samurai from the provinces serving in Edo, likened to the plain blue-green lining of a garment. Rare and archaic.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、浅葱裏あさぎうらは田舎いなか侍ざむらいを嘲あざける言こと葉ばだった。

  In the Edo period, 'asagiura' was a term mocking provincial samurai.