桃色

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

  • 桃色新聞/桃色新闻
  • 桃色案件
  • 桃色糾紛/桃色纠纷

Japanese

 
 
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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ももいろ [mòmóíró] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞mo̞iɾo̞]

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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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