Translation guide
The word "sorrel" refers to a plant with sour-tasting leaves, a reddish-brown color, or a horse coat color. This guide covers how to express these meanings in Japanese.
The edible plant with sour leaves, often used in salads or soups.
The most common Japanese name for the sorrel plant (Rumex acetosa). Used in botanical and culinary contexts.
スイバの葉は酸っぱい味がします。
Sorrel leaves have a sour taste.
A light reddish-brown color, like the coat of a sorrel horse.
A horse with a reddish-brown coat, often with a mane and tail the same or lighter color.
Specifically refers to a chestnut/sorrel horse coat. The standard term in horse breeding and racing.
Loanword from English, used in some culinary contexts, especially in Western cuisine recipes.
このスープにはソレルが使われています。
This soup uses sorrel.
Literary or botanical term, literally 'sour leaf'. Rarely used in everyday language.
酸葉はヨーロッパ原産の植物です。
Sorrel is a plant native to Europe.
Means 'chestnut color', a reddish-brown. Commonly used for hair, wood, and horse coats.
彼女は栗色の髪をしています。
She has sorrel hair.
Literally 'red-brown color'. A general term for reddish-brown shades.
その馬は赤茶色の毛並みです。
That horse has a sorrel coat.
あの栗毛の馬は速いです。
That sorrel horse is fast.
Phrase meaning 'horse with a chestnut coat'. Used when the context requires specifying the animal.
彼は栗毛の馬に乗っています。
He is riding a sorrel horse.