碧山

へきざん へきやま

green mountains

三碧

さんぺき

third of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and east)

碧雲

へきうん

bluish cloud

碧玉

へきぎょく

jasper

碧水

へきすい

blue water, green water

碧色

へきしょく

green, emerald

紺碧

こんぺき

deep blue, azure

碧眼

へきがん

blue eyes

碧海

blue sea; blue expanse of water

碧空

へきくう

blue sky, azure sky

丹

に

red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium), vermilion

黄碧玉

こうへきぎょく きへきぎょく

yellow jasper, beryl

碧巌録

へきがんろく

Blue Cliff Record; Biyan Lu (collection of Zen Buddhist koans compiled in China during the Song Dynasty)

宝丹

ほうたん

type of smelling salts sold in the late Edo period

書丹

しょたん

writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)

鉛丹

えんたん なまりに

red lead, minium

丹州

Tanshū (the two former provinces of Tanba and Tango)

丹毒

たんどく

erysipelas

丹精

たんせい

working earnestly, sincerity, diligence, effort, pains