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：2026/01/08
紫
Hiragana
むらさき
Proper noun
colloquial
from 江戸紫 (Edo murasaki, “royal purple”)
historical
abbreviation
alt-of
broadly
Japanese Meaning
日本語の「紫」は、可視光線の中で青と赤の中間に位置する色を指し、高貴さや雅さを象徴する伝統的な色名。また、その色をした物や染料、衣服などを指すこともある。 / 歴史的・文化的文脈では、貴族や高位の僧侶など、位の高い人物を象徴する色として用いられた。 / 「江戸紫」などのように、特定の地域や時代の染色文化と結びついた紫色の名称としても用いられる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしのことばで、えどをさすなまえ。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
（历史、口语）江户（德川幕府事实上的首都）的别称，源自“江户紫”。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（歷史、口語）江戶；德川幕府的事實首都
Korean Meaning
(역사, 구어) 에도(도쿠가와 막부의 사실상 수도)를 가리키는 말 / 에도의 별칭; ‘에도무라사키’ 염색에서 유래
Indonesian
Edo, ibu kota de facto Keshogunan Tokugawa. / (Historis, kolokial) sebutan untuk Edo, berasal dari “Edo murasaki” (ungu kerajaan).
Vietnamese Meaning
(lịch sử, khẩu ngữ) Edo; biệt danh bắt nguồn từ “Edo murasaki” (màu tím). / Edo, thủ phủ thực tế thời Mạc phủ Tokugawa, nơi nổi tiếng với thuốc nhuộm màu tím.
Tagalog Meaning
(makasaysayan, kolokyal) Edo, ang de facto na kabisera ng shogunat Tokugawa / Tawag sa Edo na hango sa “Edo murasaki” (pangkulay na púrpura)
Sense（1）
(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
Sense（2）
(colloquial) Short for 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu): Heian-period novelist and lady-in-waiting
Sense（3）
a female given name
Sense（4）
a surname
Sense（5）
(colloquial, by extension) Synonym of 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari): The Tale of Genji
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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(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
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紫
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Purple was an important color in Japanese history.
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紫は日本の歴史において重要な色でした。
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