鶯色

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鶯	色
うぐいす Hyōgai	いろ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
うぐいす色ウグイス色

Etymology

From 鶯(うぐいす) (uguisu, “Japanese bush warbler”) + 色(いろ) (iro, “color”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うぐいすいろ [ùgúísúíró] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɡɯ̟isɨiɾo̞]

Noun

鶯(うぐいす)色(いろ) or 鶯色(ウグイスいろ) • (uguisu-iro) ^{←うぐひすいろ (ugufisuiro)^?}

a brown to olive green color reminiscent of the Japanese bush warbler
鶯色:

鶯茶:

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN