Light color - Light color

Japanese: 薄色 - うすいろ

〘noun〙① The name of a dye. A pale purple or a pale indigo color. ※Tombo (c. 974) Vol. 1 "When she put on her pale-colored, thin-clothed skirt"② The name of a woven color. Woven with purple warps and white wefts . White wefts. ※Genji (c. 1001-14 ) Vol. 1 Wakana no Shita "The child, <omitted> wore a red sweatshirt with cherry blossoms and a pale-colored woven kimono ."③ The name of a layered color. The front is a reddish pale indigo color, and the back is pale purple or white. ※Murasaki Shikibu Diary (around 1010) January 3, Kanko 6th year "Moegi (light yellow), safflower (sappan), Yamabuki (bushwood), deep and pale, red plum, etc." ④ A pale color. A color that is not very strong, nor deep (Nippo Jisho (1603-04)). ※Shunmu-sou (1515-16) Hokku "Wisteria waves, pale colors, summer trees along the way." ⑤ A type of shredded tobacco favored by high-ranking courtesans in Yoshiwara and other places during the Edo period. ※Sakehon Kuritite Kagami (1793) "I put a pale-colored tobacco in my tobacco case and took it out." ⑥ A camellia with pale pink flowers. Also, a color similar to those flowers. ※Munetan Diary - March 6, 1587 (Tensho 15) "I put a vase of pale colors in a fan and took it out."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 染色の名称。薄紫色、または、二藍(ふたあい)の色の薄いもの。※蜻蛉（974頃）上「うすいろなるうすものの裳(も)をひきかくれば」② 織り色の名称。経(たていと)を紫、緯(よこいと)を白で織ったもの。緯白(ぬきじろ)。※源氏（1001‐14頃）若菜下「童べは、〈略〉赤色に桜の汗衫(かざみ)、うすいろの織物の袙(あこめ)」③ 襲(かさね)の色目の名称。表は赤みを帯びた薄縹(うすはなだ)色、裏は薄紫色または白。※紫式部日記（1010頃か）寛弘六年正月三日「萌黄(もえぎ)蘇芳(すはう)山吹の濃き薄き、紅梅うす色など」④ 薄い色。あまり強くなく、また、濃くもない色（日葡辞書（1603‐04））。※春夢草（1515‐16）発句「藤波にうす色いづれ夏木立」⑤ 江戸時代、吉原などの高級遊女の愛用した刻みタバコ。※洒落本・取組手鑑（1793）「たばこ入からうすいろすいつけて出す」⑥ 花の色が淡紅色の椿。また、その花のような色。※宗湛日記‐天正一五年（1587）三月六日「花瓶とうす色をうちわに入て持出て」

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