うぐいすいろ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
鶯色
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): [ɯ̟ᵝɡɯ̟ᵝisɨᵝiɾo̞]

Noun

うぐいすいろ or ウグイスいろ • (uguisu-iro) ←うぐひすいろ (ugufisuiro)?

  1. a brown to olive green color reminiscent of the Japanese bush warbler

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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