緑色
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 緑 | 色 |
| みどり Grade: 3 |
いろ Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 綠色 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 緑 (midori, “green”) + 色 (iro, “color”).[1][2]
First cited to a portion of the 伊勢集 (Iseshū) collection of waka poetry dating to the late 1000s.[1]
For reasons unexplained, various monolingual Japanese resources only include the ryokushoku reading for this compound, yet still gloss the term as みどりいろ (midori iro).[3][4][5]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
緑色 • (midori iro)
Usage notes[edit]
May be used attributively with the particle の (no).
- 緑色の葉っぱ、緑色のペンキ
- midori iro no happa, midori iro no penki
- a green leaf, green paint / a green-colored leaf, green-colored paint
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 緑 | 色 |
| りょく Grade: 3 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
| kan’on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 綠色 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 綠色 (MC ljowk srik, literally “green + color”). First cited in Japanese to the first half of the 新撰万葉集 (Shinsen Man'yōshū), published in 893.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
緑色 • (ryokushoku)
Usage notes[edit]
May be used attributively with the particle の (no).
- 緑色の空
- ryokushoku no sora
- a green sky / a green-colored sky
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 緑色凝灰岩 (ryokushoku gyōkaigan, “green tuff”)
- 緑色蛍光蛋白質 (ryokushoku keikō tanpakushitsu, “green fluorescent protein”)
- 緑色片岩 (ryokushoku hengan, “greenschist”)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “緑色”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ “緑色”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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