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Dictionary: “紫”

紫

むらさき

purple; violet

Example sentence

The color is purple rather than pink.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

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Related words to 紫

49 related words

紫色

むらさきいろ

→

purple;violet

紫外線

しがいせん

→

ultraviolet rays;ultraviolet radiation

紫

むらさき

→

purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon);red gromwell;red-root gromwell

紫

むらさき

→

soy sauce

紫紺

しこん

→

dark purple;bluish purple

紫綬褒章

しじゅほうしょう

→

Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)

紫陽花

あじさい

→

bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla);French hydrangea

紫海苔

むらさきのり

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Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)

紫がかった

むらさきがかった

→

purplish;purply;tinged with purple

紫弁慶草

むらさきべんけいそう

→

orpine (Hylotelephium telephium)

紫外線療法

しがいせんりょうほう

→

ultraviolet treatment;ultraviolet light therapy

紫蒲公英

むらさきたんぽぽ

→

Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)

紫煙

しえん

→

purple smoke;tobacco smoke

紫蘭

しらん

→

Bletilla striata (purple variety of orchid)

紫御殿

むらさきごてん

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wandering jew (Tradescantia pallida 'Purpurea');purple secretia;purple-heart;purple queen

紫猿子

むらさきましこ

→

purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus)

紫紺野牡丹

しこんのぼたん

→

princess-flower (Tibouchina urvilleana)

紫がかる

むらさきがかる

→

to be purplish;to be tinged purple

紫貝

むらさきがい

→

Soletellina diphos (species of clam)

紫君子蘭

むらさきくんしらん

→

African lily (Agapanthus africanus)

紫微

しび

→

Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

紫羅欄花

あらせいとう

→

garden stock (Matthiola incana);gillyflower

紫芋

むらさきいも

→

purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)

紫苑

しおん

→

aster (Aster tataricus);Tartarian aster;Michaelmas daisy

紫花菜

むらさきはなな

→

Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)

紫水晶

むらさきずいしょう

→

amethyst

紫薺

むらさきなずな

→

purple rock cress (Aubrietia deltoidea)

紫宸殿

ししんでん

→

Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)

紫蘇

しそ

→

shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa);perilla;beefsteak plant

紫湿地

むらさきしめじ

→

wood blewit (Lepista nuda)

紫ウニ

むらさきウニ

→

Heliocidaris crassispina (species of sea urchin);Anthocidaris crassispina

紫燕

むらさきつばめ

→

powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)

紫衣

しえ

→

purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household);high-ranking priest's purple robe

紫片喰

むらさきかたばみ

→

pink woodsorrel (Oxalis corymbosa)

紫式部

むらさきしきぶ

→

Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)

紫斑

しはん

→

purpura;purple spot

紫丁香花

むらさきはしどい

→

lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

紫苑色

しおんいろ

→

light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster)

紫外

しがい

→

ultraviolet;UV

紫斑病

しはんびょう

→

purpura

紫っぽい

むらさきっぽい

→

purplish

紫木蓮

しもくれん

→

alternative name for lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

紫微垣

しびえん

→

Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

紫花豆

むらさきはなまめ

→

scarlet runner bean

紫闥

したつ

→

gate of the imperial palace;imperial court;imperial palace

紫菜

むらさきな

→

hinona (Japanese variety of long-rooted pickling turnip, Brassica rapa var. akana)

紫根

しこん

→

gromwell root (of species Lithospermum erythrorhizon)

紫外線消去型EPROM

しがいせんしょうきょがたイープロム

→

ultraviolet erasable programmable read-only memory;UV-EPROM

紫檀

したん

→

rosewood;red sandalwood