緑色・みどり色・翠色|みどりいろmidoriiro[0]heiban (flat)
りょくしょくryokushoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
緑色緑色（みどりいろ） is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. Use it when writing about green or the color green.
みどり色みどり色（みどりいろ） is less common than 緑色（みどりいろ）. It is a mixed kanji-and-kana spelling that you may encounter as a variant.
翠色翠色（みどりいろ） is rarely used. Written entirely in kanji, it is a form learners will seldom encounter compared with 緑色（みどりいろ）.
Definitions
- no-adjectivegreen; green color
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym緑みどりNeutralNeutral word for green that also covers greenery and plants, as in 「緑が多い」; 「緑色」 refers strictly to the color itself.
- SynonymグリーンNeutralNeutral loanword for the color green, and also for eco-friendly things or a golf green; 「緑色」 covers only the color.
- Related翠緑すいりょくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a deep, rich green of trees and rocks; 「緑色」 is the ordinary word for green.
- Related若緑わかみどりWrittenWritten/formal word for the fresh green of new shoots, especially on pines; 「緑色」 is general green.
- Related濃緑こみどりWrittenWritten/formal word for dark, deep green; 「緑色」 is the everyday word for green.
Use 「緑色」 for the color green. 「緑」 also covers greenery and plants, 「濃緑」 deep green, 「若緑」 fresh green, and 「グリーン」 eco-friendly things or a golf green.
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Japanese definitions
- 緑。
Kanji in this word
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