青あお焼やき

noun

blueprint; cyanotype

Refers to a blueprint or cyanotype print, historically used for architectural and engineering plans. The term 青写真 is more common in modern Japanese, but 青焼き is still understood in technical contexts.

See also: 青写真

• 昔むかしの設せっ計けい図ずは青あお焼やきで保ほ管かんされていた。

  Old blueprints were stored as cyanotypes.

• この青あお焼やきの図ず面めんは読よみにくい。

  This cyanotype drawing is hard to read.