蒼そう竜りょう

noun

blue dragon

General term for a blue dragon in mythology and folklore; often synonymous with 青竜.

See also: 青龍

• 東ひがしの空そらに蒼そう竜りょうが現あらわれるという伝でん説せつがある。

  There is a legend that a blue dragon appears in the eastern sky.

noun

Azure Dragon (god of the eastern heavens)

Specifically refers to the Azure Dragon, one of the Four Symbols in Chinese mythology, ruling the eastern heavens.

See also: 青龍

• 蒼そう竜りょうは四し神じんの一ひとつで、東ひがしを守しゅ護ごする。

  The Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols and guards the east.

noun

seven mansions of the eastern heavens

In Chinese astronomy, the seven constellations that make up the Azure Dragon of the east.

See also: 二十八宿

• 二に十じゅう八はっ宿しゅくのうち、東とう方ほう七しち宿しゅくを蒼そう竜りょうと呼よぶ。

  Among the 28 mansions, the seven eastern ones are called the Azure Dragon.

noun

large horse with a bluish-leaden coat

Rare term for a horse with a dark bluish-gray coat; not commonly used in modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに、蒼そう竜りょうという名なの馬うまが登とう場じょうする。

  In old documents, a horse named Sōryū appears.

noun

shape of an old pine tree

Obscure term for the twisted, dragon-like shape of an ancient pine tree; rarely encountered.

• 庭てい園えんの老ろう松しょうは、まるで蒼そう竜りょうのような姿すがたをしている。

  The old pine in the garden has a shape just like a blue dragon.