"玉虫色" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ta̠ma̠mɯ̟ᵝɕiːɾo̞] 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 non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 55
  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 non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 44 56

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