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For pronunciation and definitions of むらさき – see the following entries.
【紫 】 S
[noun] the purple or red-root gromwell , Lithospermum erythrorhizon
[noun] the root of the murasaki used as a natural dye
[noun] Short for 紫色 ( murasaki-iro ) : the color purple
[noun] ( colloquial , from its purplish color) Synonym of 醤油 ( shōyu ) : soy sauce
[noun] ( colloquial ) a woman
[noun] ( archaic women's speech ) Synonym of 鰯 ( iwashi ) : a sardine , especially the Japanese pilchard , Sardinops sagax
[noun] ( historical , from being allowed to wear purple clothing ) Synonym of 検校 ( kengyō ) : the highest ranked blind court official
[proper noun] ( historical , colloquial , from 江戸紫 ( Edo murasaki , “ royal purple ” ) , where the dye is traditionally made in) Edo , the de facto capital of the Tokugawa shogunate
[proper noun] ( colloquial ) Short for 紫式部 ( Murasaki Shikibu ) : Heian-period novelist and lady-in-waiting
[proper noun] ( colloquial , by extension) Synonym of 源氏物語 ( Genji Monogatari ) : The Tale of Genji
[proper noun] a female given name
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, むらさき ( murasaki ) , is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)For a list of all kanji read as むらさき , see Category:Japanese kanji read as むらさき .)