![]() Still need to learn how to read and write in Japanese? Check out these articles to get started: Of course, colors like green in Japanese (緑, midori), don’t follow that rule, so you’ll need to memorize those. One thing to note is that several of the colors end in 色 ( iro), which is the Japanese word for “color.” That will help you recognize them. Here’s a color chart plus their alternate names, in both hiragana and kanji:Įnglish Color Colors in Japanese Kanji Colors in Japanese Hiragana Romaji Loan Word Alternative Romaji Red 赤 あか aka レッド reddo Orange 橙色 だいだいいろ daidaiiro オレンジ orenji Yellow 黄色 きいろ kiiro イエロー iero- Green 緑 みどり midori グリーン guri-n Blue 青 あお ao ブルー buru- Purple 紫 むらさき murasaki パープル pa-puru White 白 しろ shiro ホワイト howaito Black 黒 くろ kuro ブラック burakku Grey 灰色 はいいろ haiiro グレー gure- Brown 茶色 ちゃいろ chairo ブラウン buraun Pink 桃色 ももいろ momoiro ピンク pinku (Valentine’s Day in Japan is reversed: women give their loves and friends chocolates.) And the English loan word is often used for things like White Day, the holiday most like our Valentine’s Day where men treat women. But it does have its own native Japanese word: 橙色 ( daidaiiro).Īnd this one you may have heard before: ホワイト ( howaito). ![]() The color orange in Japanese is most often said オレンジ, the English loan word. But there are some alternate ways to say them.įor example, purple in Japanese is 紫 ( murasaki), but sometimes you’ll hear the English loan word パープル ( pa-puru) written in Katakana. These are the most common ways to hear and use the colors. Let’s jump right in with our main, basic colors. ![]() A Kaleidoscope of Colors in Japanese The Colors in Japanese: Primary Colors.Japanese Color Names as Nouns and Adjectives: Grammar Usage.Shades of Black, White, Grey, and Browns. ![]()
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