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Murasaki (紫)
Meaning: Purple
Romaji: Murasaki
Hiragana:むらさき
Katakana:ムラサキ
Kanji: 紫
In Japanese, purple is Murasaki, and purple color means Murasaki Iro.
From 701 to the latter half of the 10th century, in Japan during the Ritsuryo period, purple was regarded as a color that represented high rank and was only permitted to be used mainly by members of the imperial family and those associated with them. And there are many poems about purple in “Manyoshu(万葉集).”
In the Heian period, the respect for purple accelerated
further. Instead of being just a noble color, it came to be liked as a “congratulatory color.”
Seishonagon, famous for The Pillow Book, also said:
“すべてなにもなにも、紫なるものは、めでたくこそあれ。花も糸も紙も (Anything purple is wonderful. Whether it’s flowers, thread, or paper, purple is wonderful).”
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紫の Murasakino More Japanese words for purple
パープル noun
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| Pāpuru purple
| 紫の adjective
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| Murasakino purple
| 紫 noun, adjective
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| Murasaki purple, violet, purple
color
| 紫色 noun
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| Murasakiiro purple, violet
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See Also in English
purple color noun
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| 紫
| light purple adjective
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| ライトパープル, 藤色
| purple silk
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| パープルシルク
| dark purple
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| ダークパープル
| purple-red
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| 紫 - 赤
| purple dye
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| 紫色の染料
| the purple
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| 紫色
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Nearby Translations purloin purlin purlieus purlieu purl purity ring purple color purple dye purple heron purple-red purple silk
purple smoke
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Do you say purple in Japanese?
The Colors in Japanese: Primary Colors.
What is Japanese kanji for purple?
紫 means 'purple'
How do you say colors in Japanese?
It is because only four colors existed as the basic forms of color in the ancient Japanese language — or, at least, acknowledged: 白 shiro (white), 黒 kuro (black), 赤 aka (red) and 青 ao (blue).
What name means purple in Japanese?
紫Purple. Name of the color. The color of blue and red mixed together. 桜Cherry blossom.