亜麻色

Japanese

Kanji in this term
亜	麻	色
あ Grade: S	ま Grade: S	いろ Grade: 2
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
亞麻色 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あまいろ [àmáíró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠iɾo̞]

Noun

亜(あ)麻(ま)色(いろ) • (amairo) 

1. beige; ecru; flax color

   亜麻色:  

   • 1996, Suga Atsuko, Yurusunāru no kutsu:

     エウボイアの島(しま)をユルスナールが「亜(あ)麻(ま)色(いろ)の」と形容(けいよう)するのは、もう乾(かわ)いたヨーロッパの夏(なつ)が来(き)て草(くさ)が枯(か)れはじめていたのだろうか。

     Euboia no shima o Yurusunāru ga “amairo no” to keiyō suru no wa, mō kawaita Yōroppa no natsu ga kite kusa ga karehajimete ita no darō ka.

     Yourcenar describes the island of Euboea as “beige”, perhaps because the dry European summer had already arrived and the grass had begun to wither.

   • 2010, Takuzō Ōsugi, Junko Ōtani, Ningen no anzen hoshō to chūō Ajia [Human security guarantee and Central Asia]‎^[1], page 130:

     ただ、もっとも多(おお)いと感(かん)じるのが「亜(あ)麻(ま)色(いろ)の髪(かみ)の乙(おと)女(め)」である。

     Tada, mottomo ōi to kanjiru no ga “amairo no kami no otome” de aru.

     But I felt the most common were "flaxen-haired maidens".

Related terms

• 麻(あさ)色(いろ) (asairo, “flax color; flaxen”)
• 亜麻(あま) (ama, “flax (plant)”)