"紫" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), shi [romanization]
Etymology: /si/ → /ɕi/ From Middle Chinese 紫 (MC tsjeX). Also used in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨si⟩. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=し}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|紫}} 紫 (MC tsjeX), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{circa2|759 <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>|short=1}} c. 759 CE, {{m|ja|借音|tr=shakuon}} 借音 (shakuon), {{IPAfont|⟨si⟩}} ⟨si⟩ Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|し}} 紫(し) • (shi)
  1. purple
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-affix-jgobCtpC Categories (other): Japanese affixes
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 紫衣 (shī) (ruby: (), ()), 紫雲 (shiun) (ruby: (), (うん)), 紫雲英 (shiun'ei) (ruby: (), (うん), (えい)), 紫衣 (shie) (ruby: (), ()), 紫煙 (shien) (ruby: (), (えん)), 紫苑 (shion), 紫苑 (shioni), 紫外光 (shigaikō) (ruby: (), (がい), (こう)), 紫外線 (shigaisen) (ruby: (), (がい), (せん)) (english: ultraviolet ray), 紫根, 紫紺 (shikon), 紫蘇 (shiso) (ruby: (), ()), 紫檀 (shitan) (ruby: (), (たん)), 紫竹 (shichiku) (ruby: (), (ちく)), 紫電 (shiden) (ruby: (), (でん)), 紫斑 (shihan) (ruby: (), (はん)), 紫陽花 (shiyōka) (ruby: (), (よう), ()), 紅紫 (kōshi) (ruby: (こう), ()), 青紫 (seishi) (ruby: (せい), ()), 滅紫 (messhi) (ruby: (めっ), ()), 紫陽花 (ajisai) (ruby: 紫陽花(アジサイ)), 紫雲英 (genge) (ruby: 紫雲英(ゲンゲ))

Proper name

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (むらさき)), Murasaki [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Possibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|連用形||stem or continuative form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{m|ja|咲く|tr=saku}} 咲く (saku), {{com|ja|群|咲き|pos2=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">咲く</i> (saku), “to bloom”|t1=gathering, group|t2=blooming|tr1=mura|tr2=saki}} 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|むらさき}} 紫(むらさき) • (Murasaki)
  1. (historical, colloquial, from 江戸紫 (Edo murasaki, “royal purple”), where the dye is traditionally made in) Edo, the de facto capital of the Tokugawa shogunate Tags: colloquial, historical Categories (topical): Colors, Dyes, People
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-name-fewSRk8F Disambiguation of Colors: 0 0 30 5 3 17 6 17 2 3 6 6 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Dyes: 0 0 20 7 4 16 5 16 3 7 6 7 1 4 4 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 30 15 2 6 4 6 4 4 11 6 4 3 6
  2. (colloquial) Short for 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu): Heian-period novelist and lady-in-waiting Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial Alternative form of: 紫式部 (extra: (Murasaki Shikibu): Heian-period novelist and lady-in-waiting) Categories (topical): Sauces Categories (lifeform): Herrings
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-name-7dUzEiaD Disambiguation of Sauces: 0 0 6 12 3 17 4 17 5 2 10 13 1 6 4 Disambiguation of Herrings: 0 0 6 11 1 17 4 17 6 2 11 11 1 9 4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 5 14 2 13 3 13 7 1 14 14 0 9 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 7 11 2 18 2 18 5 1 11 11 0 10 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 8 10 2 16 2 16 5 1 11 14 0 12 4
  3. (colloquial, by extension) Synonym of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji Tags: broadly, colloquial Synonyms: 源氏物語 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-name-Ae6ymg6x
  4. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names, Sauces Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants, Herrings
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-name-pLhOhtoi Disambiguation of Sauces: 0 0 6 12 3 17 4 17 5 2 10 13 1 6 4 Disambiguation of Borage family plants: 0 0 5 10 4 16 5 16 6 3 9 13 1 7 5 Disambiguation of Herrings: 0 0 6 11 1 17 4 17 6 2 11 11 1 9 4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 5 14 2 13 3 13 7 1 14 14 0 9 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 7 11 2 18 2 18 5 1 11 11 0 10 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 0 5 10 3 17 4 17 4 1 9 11 0 17 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 9 12 2 22 3 6 1 12 16 0 14 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 8 10 2 16 2 16 5 1 11 14 0 12 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 14 2 22 2 6 1 13 13 0 15 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 13 2 21 2 6 1 12 15 0 15 4
  5. a surname
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ゆかり)), Yukari [romanization]
Etymology: From 縁 (yukari, “affinity, connection”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|縁||affinity, connection|tr=yukari}} 縁 (yukari, “affinity, connection”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ゆかり}} 紫(ゆかり) • (Yukari)
  1. a female given name Categories (topical): Japanese female given names, Japanese given names, Sauces Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants, Herrings
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-name-pLhOhtoi1 Disambiguation of Sauces: 0 0 6 12 3 17 4 17 5 2 10 13 1 6 4 Disambiguation of Borage family plants: 0 0 5 10 4 16 5 16 6 3 9 13 1 7 5 Disambiguation of Herrings: 0 0 6 11 1 17 4 17 6 2 11 11 1 9 4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 5 14 2 13 3 13 7 1 14 14 0 9 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 7 11 2 18 2 18 5 1 11 11 0 10 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 0 5 10 3 17 4 17 4 1 9 11 0 17 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 8 10 2 16 2 16 5 1 11 14 0 12 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (むらさき)), [canonical] (ruby: (ムラサキ)), murasaki [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Possibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|連用形||stem or continuative form|tr=ren'yōkei}} 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{m|ja|咲く|tr=saku}} 咲く (saku), {{com|ja|群|咲き|pos2=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">咲く</i> (saku), “to bloom”|t1=gathering, group|t2=blooming|tr1=mura|tr2=saki}} 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|むらさき|ムラサキ}} 紫(むらさき) or 紫(ムラサキ) • (murasaki)
  1. the purple or red-root gromwell, Lithospermum erythrorhizon Synonyms: 紫草
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-noun-umM8ErJA
  2. the root of the murasaki used as a natural dye
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-noun-hfLLwDkd
  3. Short for 紫色 (murasaki-iro): the color purple Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 紫色 (extra: (murasaki-iro): the color purple) Categories (lifeform): Herrings
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-noun-iSCy4GBD Disambiguation of Herrings: 0 0 6 11 1 17 4 17 6 2 11 11 1 9 4 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 5 14 2 13 3 13 7 1 14 14 0 9 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 7 11 2 18 2 18 5 1 11 11 0 10 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 8 10 2 16 2 16 5 1 11 14 0 12 4
  4. (colloquial, from its purplish color) Synonym of 醤油 (shōyu): soy sauce Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Sauces Categories (lifeform): Borage family plants, Herrings Synonyms: 醤油 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-noun-qo3ufEfB Disambiguation of Sauces: 0 0 6 12 3 17 4 17 5 2 10 13 1 6 4 Disambiguation of Borage family plants: 0 0 5 10 4 16 5 16 6 3 9 13 1 7 5 Disambiguation of Herrings: 0 0 6 11 1 17 4 17 6 2 11 11 1 9 4 Categories (other): Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Old Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 0 0 5 9 1 10 3 10 5 2 9 14 1 8 2 0 3 5 0 9 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 5 14 2 13 3 13 7 1 14 14 0 9 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 7 11 2 18 2 18 5 1 11 11 0 10 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 0 5 10 3 17 4 17 4 1 9 11 0 17 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 8 10 2 16 2 16 5 1 11 14 0 12 4
  5. (colloquial) a woman Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-noun-bnngEl2N
  6. (archaic women's speech) Synonym of 鰯 (iwashi): a sardine, especially the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops sagax Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-noun-S7CTAaw4 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 7 11 2 18 2 18 5 1 11 11 0 10 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 0 5 10 3 17 4 17 4 1 9 11 0 17 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 0 8 10 2 16 2 16 5 1 11 14 0 12 4
  7. (historical, from being allowed to wear purple clothing) Synonym of 検校 (kengyō): the highest ranked blind court official Tags: historical Synonyms: 検校 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-紫-ja-noun-lSpmumGU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 茜さす (akane sasu, pillow word that can be an allusion to murasaki) (ruby: (あかね))
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 紫の (ruby: (むらさき)) (english: murasaki no, pillow word), 紫色 (murasaki-iro) (ruby: (むらさき), (いろ)), 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu) (ruby: (むらさき), (しき), ()), 紫草 (murasakisō) (ruby: (むらさき), (そう)), 紫野 (murasakino) (ruby: (むらさき), ()), 青紫 (aomurasaki) (ruby: (あお), (むらさき)), 赤紫 (akamurasaki) (ruby: (あか), (むらさき)), 浅紫 (asamurasaki) (ruby: (あさ), (むらさき)), 今紫 (ima murasaki) (ruby: (いま), (むらさき)), 薄紫 (usumurasaki) (ruby: (うす), (むらさき)), 内紫 (uchimurasaki) (ruby: (うち), (むらさき)), 江戸紫 (Edo murasaki) (ruby: 江戸紫(えどむらさき)), 大紫 (ōmurasaki) (ruby: (オオ), (ムラサキ)), 京紫 (kyō-murasaki) (ruby: (きょう), (むらさき)), 滅紫 (keshimurasaki) (ruby: (けし), (むらさき)), 小紫 (komurasaki) (ruby: (), (むらさき)), 濃紫 (komurasaki) (ruby: (), (むらさき)), 古代紫 (kodai murasaki) (ruby: (), (だい), (むらさき)), 蔓紫 (tsurumurasaki) (ruby: (ツル), (ムラサキ)), 深紫 (fukamurasaki) (ruby: (ふか), (むらさき)), 藤紫 (fujimurasaki) (ruby: (ふじ), (むらさき)), 藪紫 (yabumurasaki) (ruby: (ヤブ), (ムラサキ)), 若紫 (wakamurasaki) (ruby: (わか), (むらさき)) Coordinate_terms: (shiro) (ruby: (しろ)), 灰色 (haiiro), 鼠色 (nezumiiro) [dated], (kuro) (ruby: (くろ)), (aka), 深紅 (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅色 (beniiro), 紅色 (kurenaiiro), 茜色 (akaneiro), オレンジ (orenji), 橙色 (daidaiiro), 茶色 (chairo), 褐色 (kasshoku), 黄色 (kiiro), クリーム色 (kurīmuiro), 黄緑 (kimidori) (ruby: (), (みどり)), (midori), (ao) [dated], 若緑 (wakamidori) (ruby: 若緑(わかみどり)), シアン (shian), 鴨の羽色 (kamo no hane iro), 水色 (mizuiro) (ruby: (みず), (いろ)), (ao) (ruby: (あお)), 菫色 (sumireiro), 藍色 (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo), マゼンタ (mazenta), 赤紫 (akamurasaki), ピンク (pinku), 桃色 (momoiro)

Download JSON data for 紫 meaning in Japanese (27.7kB)

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        {
          "roman": "shion",
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          "english": "ultraviolet ray",
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        {
          "word": "紫根"
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          "roman": "shikon",
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        },
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              "蘇",
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          "roman": "shitan",
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              "紫",
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              "檀",
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              "紫",
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              "紫",
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          "roman": "shihan",
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              "紫",
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              "斑",
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          ],
          "word": "紫斑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shiyōka",
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              "紫",
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            ],
            [
              "陽",
              "よう"
            ],
            [
              "花",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "kōshi",
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              "紅",
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            ],
            [
              "紫",
              "し"
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          ],
          "word": "紅紫"
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        {
          "roman": "seishi",
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              "青",
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            ],
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              "紫",
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          ],
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        },
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          "roman": "messhi",
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            ],
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              "紫",
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          ],
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ao",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "青"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "し"
        ],
        [
          "外",
          "がい"
        ],
        [
          "線",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫外線"
    },
    {
      "word": "紫根"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shikon",
      "word": "紫紺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiso",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "蘇",
          "そ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫蘇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shitan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "檀",
          "たん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫檀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shichiku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "竹",
          "ちく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫竹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shiden",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "電",
          "でん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫電"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shihan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "斑",
          "はん"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "shiyōka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "陽",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "花",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "kōshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紅",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紅紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "seishi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "青",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "messhi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "めっ"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "し"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "滅紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ajisai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫陽花",
          "アジサイ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫陽花"
    },
    {
      "roman": "genge",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫雲英",
          "ゲンゲ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫雲英"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "“Jōyō” kanji",
      "tags": [
        "common"
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    }
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    {
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        "kanji",
        "no-gloss"
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}

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    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 紫",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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      "roman": "shiro",
      "ruby": [
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          "白",
          "しろ"
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    {
      "roman": "haiiro",
      "word": "灰色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nezumiiro",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "鼠色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuro",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "黒",
          "くろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "黒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aka",
      "word": "赤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shinku",
      "word": "深紅"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kurimuzon",
      "word": "クリムゾン"
    },
    {
      "roman": "beniiro",
      "word": "紅色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kurenaiiro",
      "word": "紅色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akaneiro",
      "word": "茜色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "orenji",
      "word": "オレンジ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daidaiiro",
      "word": "橙色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chairo",
      "word": "茶色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kasshoku",
      "word": "褐色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kiiro",
      "word": "黄色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kurīmuiro",
      "word": "クリーム色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kimidori",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "黄",
          "き"
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        [
          "緑",
          "みどり"
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      ],
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    {
      "roman": "midori",
      "word": "緑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ao",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "青"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wakamidori",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "若緑",
          "わかみどり"
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      ],
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    {
      "roman": "shian",
      "word": "シアン"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kamo no hane iro",
      "word": "鴨の羽色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mizuiro",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "水",
          "みず"
        ],
        [
          "色",
          "いろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "水色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ao",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "青",
          "あお"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青"
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    {
      "roman": "sumireiro",
      "word": "菫色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aiiro",
      "word": "藍色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "injigo",
      "word": "インジゴ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mazenta",
      "word": "マゼンタ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akamurasaki",
      "word": "赤紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pinku",
      "word": "ピンク"
    },
    {
      "roman": "momoiro",
      "word": "桃色"
    }
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      "english": "murasaki no, pillow word",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫の"
    },
    {
      "roman": "murasaki-iro",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ],
        [
          "色",
          "いろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Murasaki Shikibu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ],
        [
          "式",
          "しき"
        ],
        [
          "部",
          "ぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫式部"
    },
    {
      "roman": "murasakisō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ],
        [
          "草",
          "そう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫草"
    },
    {
      "roman": "murasakino",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ],
        [
          "野",
          "の"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "紫野"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aomurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "青",
          "あお"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akamurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "赤",
          "あか"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "赤紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "asamurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "浅",
          "あさ"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "浅紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ima murasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "今",
          "いま"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "今紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "usumurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "薄",
          "うす"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "薄紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uchimurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "内",
          "うち"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "内紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Edo murasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "江戸紫",
          "えどむらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "江戸紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōmurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "オオ"
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        [
          "紫",
          "ムラサキ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大紫"
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    {
      "roman": "kyō-murasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "京",
          "きょう"
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        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "京紫"
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    {
      "roman": "keshimurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "滅",
          "けし"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "滅紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "komurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "komurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "濃",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "濃紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kodai murasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "古",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "代",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "古代紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tsurumurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "蔓",
          "ツル"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "ムラサキ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "蔓紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fukamurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "深",
          "ふか"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "深紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fujimurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "藤",
          "ふじ"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "藤紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yabumurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "藪",
          "ヤブ"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "ムラサキ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "藪紫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wakamurasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "若",
          "わか"
        ],
        [
          "紫",
          "むらさき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "若紫"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "連用形",
        "3": "",
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    {
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      "args": {
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        "tr2": "saki"
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      "expansion": "群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”)",
      "name": "com"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese.\nPossibly a compound of 群 (mura, “gathering, group”) + 咲き (saki, “blooming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 咲く (saku), “to bloom”).",
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    {
      "form": "紫",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
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        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
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    {
      "form": "紫",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紫",
          "ムラサキ"
        ]
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        "canonical"
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      "form": "murasaki",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
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  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "akane sasu, pillow word that can be an allusion to murasaki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "茜",
          "あかね"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "茜さす"
    }
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        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
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        {
          "english": "Because of one shoot of murasaki''' grass, I feel fondness for all the plants and grasses on the plain of Musashino.",
          "ref": "905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 17, poem 867)",
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          "ruby": [
            [
              "紫",
              "むらさき"
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            [
              "故",
              "ゆゑ"
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            [
              "武",
              "む"
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            [
              "蔵",
              "さし"
            ],
            [
              "野",
              "の"
            ],
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              "草",
              "くさ"
            ],
            [
              "見",
              "み"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "紫のひともと故に武蔵野の草はみながらあはれとぞ見る"
        }
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        "the purple or red-root gromwell, Lithospermum erythrorhizon"
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        {
          "word": "紫草"
        }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "the root of the murasaki used as a natural dye"
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          "root",
          "root"
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          "natural",
          "natural"
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        [
          "dye",
          "dye"
        ]
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(murasaki-iro): the color purple",
          "word": "紫色"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese short forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 紫色 (murasaki-iro): the color purple"
      ],
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        [
          "紫色",
          "紫色#Japanese"
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        [
          "color",
          "color"
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        [
          "purple",
          "purple"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of 醤油 (shōyu): soy sauce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "purplish",
          "purplish"
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        [
          "醤油",
          "醤油#Japanese"
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        [
          "soy sauce",
          "soy sauce"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, from its purplish color) Synonym of 醤油 (shōyu): soy sauce"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "from its purplish color"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "(shōyu): soy sauce",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "醤油"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) a woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese women's speech terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of 鰯 (iwashi): a sardine, especially the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops sagax"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "鰯",
          "鰯#Japanese"
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        [
          "sardine",
          "sardine"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "archaic women's speech",
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        "(archaic women's speech) Synonym of 鰯 (iwashi): a sardine, especially the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops sagax"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "(iwashi): a sardine, especially the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops sagax",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "鰯"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of 検校 (kengyō): the highest ranked blind court official"
      ],
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        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ],
        [
          "検校",
          "検校#Japanese"
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        [
          "high",
          "high"
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        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "blind",
          "blind"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, from being allowed to wear purple clothing) Synonym of 検校 (kengyō): the highest ranked blind court official"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "from being allowed to wear purple clothing"
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "(kengyō): the highest ranked blind court official",
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            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "検校"
        }
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "むらさき"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "紫"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
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        "Synonym of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji"
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        "(colloquial, by extension) Synonym of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji"
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      "categories": [
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      "other": "むらさき"
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      "ipa": "[mɯ̟ᵝɾa̠sa̠kʲi]"
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        "purple"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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    {
      "form": "紫",
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