N2411/1725

紫むらさき

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)usually written using kana alone

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むらさき

Meanings

purple, violet
purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell
soy sauce

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょはいつも紫むらさきの服ふくを着きている。

She always wears purple clothes.

夕焼ゆうやけの空そらが紫色むらさきいろに染そまっていた。

The evening sky was dyed purple.

紫むらさきは古来こらいより高貴こうきな色いろとされてきた。

Purple has been considered a noble color since ancient times.

このデザインには紫むらさきと金色きんいろの組くみ合あわせが使つかわれている。

This design uses a combination of purple and gold.

江戸えど時代じだいには紫むらさきの染料せんりょうは非常ひじょうに高価こうかであり、庶民しょみんが身みにつけることは許ゆるされなかった。

In the Edo period, purple dye was extremely expensive, and commoners were not permitted to wear it.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)