More Colors

In the previous post, we learned six colors in the Japanese language from Kamen Rider OOO.

Kanji	Hiragana/Katakana	Romaji	English
色	いろ	Iro	Colors
緑	みどり	Midori	Green
黄	き	Ki	Yellow
灰色	はいいろ	Haiiro	Grey
青	あお	Ao	Blue
赤	あか	Aka	Red
紫	むらさき	Murasaki	Purple

Red-Haired Shanks

However, there are more colors to know.  I find that characters in One Piece have hair that helps me learn and remember the colors.  First, is Red-Haired Shanks, 赤髪のシャンクス (akaigami no shankusu).  I also learn that 髪 or かみ (kami) also mean hair on the head.  かみ can mean many things actually, but the three most used meanings would be God, 神, paper 紙, and hair 髪.

Whitebeard and Marco

And there is Whitebeard, 白ひげ (shirohige).  We will know that white is 白 or しろ (shiro) and ひげ here is translated as beard, although it is actually Whitebeard’s mustache that is white.  ひげ however, can mean mustache, beard, whiskers, or sideburns.

Blackbeard

Brownbeard

There are two more “beard” characters, the big villain, Blackbeard, 黒ひげ (kurohige) and the less famous Brownbeard, 茶ひげ (chahige).  Since ひげ (hige) is facial hairs, 黒 or くろ(kuro) is black while 茶 or ちゃ (cha) means brown.    茶 or ちゃ (cha) can mean tea as well.

Straw Hat Pirates

Some of the crew members of the Straw Hat Pirates have colored hair.  Nami’s hair color is orange, オレンジ色 (orenjiiro), Zoro’s hair is green, 緑 or みどり (midori), and Sanji’s hair is blonde, ブロンド (burondo).  

Akumu Chan

There’s a Japanese Drama that Keiko Kitagawa (北川景子) acted in, titled My Little Nightmare, 悪夢ちゃん (akumuchan).  After the drama ended, a movie was released and the main soundtrack was a song by the Japanese female idol group Momoiro Clover Z, ももいろクローバーZ (momoiro kurouba z).   The name of this group help me learn and remember the word for pink, 桃色 or ももいろ (momoiro).  I also learn that 悪夢 or あくむ (akumu) mean nightmare.

Momoiro Clover Z

Kanji	Hiragana/Katakana	Romaji	English
白	しろ	Shiro	White
黒	くろ	Kuro	Black
茶	ちゃ	Cha	Brown
	オレンジ色	Orenjiiro	Orange
青	ブロンド	Burondo	Blonde
桃色	ももいろ	Momoiro	Pink

Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji	English
髪	かみ	Kami	Hair
神	かみ	Kami	God
紙	かみ	Kami	Paper
	ひげ	Hige	Mustache, beard, whiskers, sideburns
茶	ちゃ	Cha	Tea
悪夢	あくむ	Akumu	Nightmare

This post covers most of the important colors and also some other words.  Happy learning.