| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 青筋 | あおすじ | blue vein |
| 青筋を立てて怒る 「turn purple [《口》 boil] with rage 彼はこめかみに青筋を立てて怒った He was so angry that 「you could see the veins standing out on his temples [《口》 he nearly burst a blood vessel]. |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 青筋 | あおすじ | blue vein |
| 青筋を立てて怒る 「turn purple [《口》 boil] with rage 彼はこめかみに青筋を立てて怒った He was so angry that 「you could see the veins standing out on his temples [《口》 he nearly burst a blood vessel]. |