桃色

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Chinese

peach
 
colour; dice; look
colour; dice; look; appearance
simp. and trad.
(桃色) 		桃 色

Pronunciation

Noun

桃色

  1. peach; pink (color/colour)
  2. (figurative) illicit love; gossip; sex

Derived terms

Japanese

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桃色 (momoiro)
Two shades of peach pink.
Kanji in this term
桃 色
もも
Grade: S 		いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 桃 (momo, “peach”) +‎ 色 (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation

Noun

桃(もも)色(いろ) • (momoiro) 

  1. (slightly dated) pink; peach (color/colour)

Synonyms

See also

Colors in Japanese · 色(いろ) (iro) (layout · text)
     白(しろ) (shiro)      灰(はい)色(いろ) (haiiro),
鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumiiro) (dated) 		     黒(くろ) (kuro)
             赤(あか) (aka); 深(しん)紅(く) (shinku),
クリムゾン (kurimuzon),
紅(べに)色(いろ) (beniiro),
紅(くれない)色(いろ) (kurenaiiro),
茜(あかね)色(いろ) (akaneiro) 		             オレンジ (orenji),
橙(だいだい)色(いろ) (daidaiiro); 茶(ちゃ)色(いろ) (chairo),
褐(かっ)色(しょく) (kasshoku) 		             黄(き)色(いろ) (kiiro); クリーム色(いろ) (kurīmuiro)
             黄(き)緑(みどり) (kimidori)              緑(みどり) (midori),
青(あお) (ao) (dated) 		             若緑(わかみどり) (wakamidori)
             シアン (shian); 鴨(かも)の羽色(はねいろ) (kamo no hane iro)              水(みず)色(いろ) (mizuiro)              青(あお) (ao)
             菫(すみれ)色(いろ) (sumireiro); 藍(あい)色(いろ) (aiiro),
インジゴ (injigo) 		             マゼンタ (mazenta),
赤紫(あかむらさき) (akamurasaki); 紫(むらさき) (murasaki) 		             ピンク (pinku),
桃(もも)色(いろ) (momoiro)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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