"玉虫色" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ta̠ma̠mɯ̟ɕiːɾo̞] Forms: 玉虫色 [canonical] (ruby: (たま), (むし), (いろ)), tamamushīro [romanization]
Etymology: From 玉虫(たまむし) (tamamushi, “jewel beetle”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “colour”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|玉虫|たまむし|色|いろ|t1=jewel beetle|t2=colour}} 玉虫(たまむし) (tamamushi, “jewel beetle”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “colour”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|たまむしいろ}} 玉(たま)虫(むし)色(いろ) • (tamamushīro)
  1. iridescent; having different colours when the angle of view or illumination changes
    Sense id: en-玉虫色-ja-noun-kIOUuAWd Categories (other): Japanese terms with 3 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 52 48
  2. ambiguous or vague; using weasel words
    Sense id: en-玉虫色-ja-noun-QSXqp6NO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 40 60 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65
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