新橋色
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 新 | 橋 | 色 |
| しん Grade: 2 |
はし > ばし Grade: 3 |
いろ Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 新橋 (Shinbashi, literally “New Bridge”) + 色 (iro, “color”). Named in reference to the fact that it was popular with the geisha of the Shinbashi district in Minato, Tokyo, Japan during the end of the Meiji period.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
新橋色 • (Shinbashiiro)
- turquoise (color)
See also
| 白 (shiro) | 灰色 (haiiro), 鼠色 (nezumiiro) (dated) |
黒 (kuro) |
| 赤 (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) | 緑 (midori), 青 (ao) (dated) |
若緑 (wakamidori) |
| シアン (shian); 鴨の羽色 (kamo no hane iro) | 水色 (mizuiro) | 青 (ao) |
| 菫色 (sumireiro); 藍色 (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo) |
マゼンタ (mazenta), 赤紫 (akamurasaki); 紫 (murasaki) |
ピンク (pinku), 桃色 (momoiro) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “新橋色”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ^ “新橋色”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006