"美色" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [bʲiɕo̞kɯ̟] Forms: 美色 [canonical] (ruby: 美(び), 色(しょく)), bishoku [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 美色 (mˠiɪ^X ʃɨk̚, literally “beauty + color”). Compare modern Cantonese reading mei⁵ sik¹. The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ひしょく'}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|yue|-}} Cantonese Head templates: {{ja-noun|びしょく|}} 美(び)色(しょく) • (bishoku)
  1. beautiful color
    Sense id: en-美色-ja-noun-ZJqgyjA3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57
  2. beauty (of personal appearance)
    Sense id: en-美色-ja-noun-3fi2hcsQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 29 71 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 美色 meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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