クチナシ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of クチナシ – see the following entry.

【梔子くちなし】 [noun] the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides [noun] (colloquial) Short for 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back Alternative spellings 巵子, 山梔子

(This term, クチナシ (kuchinashi), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)