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    紫

    紫むらさき

    purple

    N2KMT7News #10+1CoreFood & DiningArt & DesignKanji Vocab12 strokes

    むらさきムラサキ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    purple, violet

    Noun

    2.
    purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    soy sauce

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    彼かの女じょは紫むらさき色いろの服ふくを着きていた。

    She was wearing purple clothes.

    KMT3Fashion & Beauty
    夕ゆう焼やけ空ぞらが美うつくしい紫むらさきに染そまった。

    The sunset sky was dyed a beautiful purple.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentArt & Design
    お寿す司しには、醤しょう油ゆ、つまり「むらさき」を少すこしつけて食たべるのが好すきだ。

    I like to eat sushi with a little soy sauce, or "murasaki."

    KMT7Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう色しょくには、高こう貴きな色いろとされる紫むらさきが多おおく使つかわれている。

    Many traditional Japanese colors include purple, which is considered a noble color.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    葛かつ飾しか北ほく斎さいの浮うき世よ絵えには、鮮あざやかな紫むらさきが印いん象しょう的てきに使つかわれているものがある。

    Some of Hokusai's ukiyo-e prints strikingly use vivid purple.

    KMT8Art & DesignCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    紫
    むらさき…(3)
    purple・violet
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