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紫 (むらさき): purple color, violet — Japanese vocabulary

紫 is read むらさき and means "purple color, violet". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

紫

Reading
むらさき · murasaki
Translation
purple color, violet
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
むらさきが

Example

その色はピンクというより紫だ。

そのいろはピンクというよりむらさきだ。

The color is purple rather than pink.

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