JLPT N2 · Noun

紫 (murasaki)

紫 (むらさき, murasaki) is a Japanese noun meaning “purple; violet”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
むらさき
Romaji
murasaki
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. purple; violet · noun, noun taking の
  2. purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; red-root gromwell · noun · usually written in kana
  3. soy sauce · noun

Example sentences

その色はピンクというより紫だ。
The color is purple rather than pink.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 紫

Source: JMdict entry 1311640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.