色相環

ja-noun

色(しき)相(そう)環(かん) • (shikisōkan) ^(←しきさうくわん (sikisaukwan)?)

色相環 (canonical)
shikisōkan (romanization)
sikisaukwan (romanization)
しきさうくわん (hiragana historical)


フラッシュオーバー

フラッシュオーバー • (furasshuōbā)

ja:フラッシュオーバー


若緑

若緑 (canonical)
wakamidori (romanization)

Compound of 若 + 緑, literally “young green”.


クリーム色

クリーム色 (canonical)
kurīmuiro (romanization)

[kɯ̟ɾʲiːmɯ̟iɾo̞]


国防色

国防色 (canonical)
kokubōshoku (romanization)

[ko̞kɯ̟bo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Compound of 国防 (kokubō, “national defense”) + 色 (shoku, “color”).

a type of khaki that was widely used in Japanese military uniform and rationed civilian uniform during World War II


カーキ色

ja-noun

カーキ色(いろ) • (kākīro)

Compound of カーキ (kāki) + 色 (iro, “color”).


赤紫

赤紫 (canonical)
akamurasaki (romanization)

Compound of 赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + 紫(むらさき) (murasaki, “purple”).


深紫

深紫 (canonical)
fukamurasaki (romanization)

[ɸɯ̟̊ka̠mɯ̟ɾa̠sa̠kʲi]

Compound of 深(ふか) (fuka, “deep”) + 紫(むらさき) (murasaki, “purple”).


黄櫨染

ja-noun

黄(こう)櫨(ろ)染(ぜん) • (kōrozen) ^(←くゎろうぜん (kwarouzen)?)

黄櫨染 (canonical)
kōrozen (romanization)
kwarouzen (romanization)
くゎろうぜん (hiragana historical)

golden-brown dye colour made with wax tree bark, sappan wood, lye, and vinegar; used to dye the Emperor's formal over-robe since the 9th century

黄櫨染御袍

黄櫨染御袍 こうろぜんごほう

白: the former colour of the Emperor's formal over-robe

青色: the colour of the Emperor's informal over-robe

赤色: the colour of a retired Emperor's formal over-robe

黄丹: the colour of the crown prince's formal over-robe


納戸色

Compound of 納戸(なんど) (nando, “storehouse”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “colour”)
From colour being used for the curtains in government storehouses during the Edo period.


二藍

a purple made by over-dyeing indigo with scarlet


クリップライト

[kɯ̟ɾʲip̚pɯ̟ ɾa̠ito̞]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from clip + light.


琉球藍

ja-noun

琉(りゅう)球(きゅう)藍(あい) or 琉球藍(リュウキュウアイ) • (Ryūkyū ai)

琉球藍 (canonical)
琉球藍 (canonical)
Ryūkyū ai (romanization)

[ɾʲɨːkʲɨː a̠i]

Literally, “Ryūkyū indigo”, 琉球(りゅうきゅう) (Ryūkyū, “the Ryukyu islands”) + 藍(あい) (ai, “indigo”)


狐の提灯

ja-noun

狐(きつね)の提(ちょう)灯(ちん) • (kitsune no chōchin)

狐の提灯 (canonical)
kitsune no chōchin (romanization)

[kʲit͡sɨne̞ no̞ t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕĩɴ]

Literally, “fox's lantern”, 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 提灯(ちょうちん) (chōchin, “lantern”)

ja-compound

Synonym of 宝鐸草 (hōchaku-sō, “Disporum sessile”)


刈安

刈安 (canonical)
刈安 (canonical)
kariyasu (romanization)

Arthraxon hispidus
Arthraxon hispidus#Translingual

Synonym of 小鮒草 (kobuna-gusa, “Arthraxon hispidus, a species of carpetgrass”)

小鮒草

Clipping of 刈安染 (kariyasu-zome, “yellow dye made from the leaves and roots of Miscanthus tinctorius”).

刈安染

(by extension) a slightly red-tinged yellow


紫根

Short for 紫根色 (shikon-iro, “a purple produced by gromwell roots”).


銀泥

silver pigment, made of silver powder and glue


薄鼠

薄(うす) (usu-, “light”) + 鼠(ねずみ) (nezumi, “gray”).


新橋色

新橋色 (canonical)
Shinbashiiro (romanization)

Compound of 新橋(しんばし) (Shinbashi, literally “New Bridge”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”). Named in reference to the fact that it was popular with the geisha of the Shinbashi district in Minato, Tokyo, Japan during the end of the Meiji period.

Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
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