"ピンク" meaning in Japanese

See ピンク in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [pʲĩŋkɯ̟] Forms: pinku [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English pink. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|pink}} English pink Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ピンク • (pinku)
  1. pink, the colour
    Sense id: en-ピンク-ja-noun-llpklTBz Categories (other): Pinks Disambiguation of Pinks: 34 34 4 28
  2. pink, the flower Synonyms (flower): 撫子 (nadeshiko) (ruby: 撫子(なでしこ))
    Sense id: en-ピンク-ja-noun-06al3ghM Categories (other): Pinks Disambiguation of Pinks: 34 34 4 28 Disambiguation of 'flower': 0 100 0 0
  3. eroticism, something erotic
    Sense id: en-ピンク-ja-noun-NWn5MWYD Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 21 21 32 25
  4. (slang) someone leaning to the left politically, especially someone with communist interests Tags: slang Synonyms (leftist, communist): 左翼 (sayoku) (ruby: 左翼(さよく))
    Sense id: en-ピンク-ja-noun-N803Gaqe Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pinks, Politics Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 24 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 13 13 23 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 16 26 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 9 16 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 14 22 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 18 18 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 12 65 Disambiguation of Pinks: 34 34 4 28 Disambiguation of Politics: 10 10 10 71 Disambiguation of 'leftist, communist': 18 18 5 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 桃色 (momoiro) [color], 桜色 (sakurairo) [color], 石竹色 (sekichikuiro) [color]
Related terms: (shiro) (ruby: (しろ)), 灰色 (haiiro), 鼠色 (nezumiiro) [dated], (kuro) (ruby: (くろ)), 黄緑 (kimidori) (ruby: (), (みどり)), (midori), (ao) [dated], 空色 (sorairo), (hanada), (ao), 紺藍 (kon'ai), (kon), 桃色 (momoiro)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ピンク meaning in Japanese (2.7kB)

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