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真っ黄色 (まっきいろ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

真まっ黄き色いろ

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective

bright yellow; vivid yellow

Emphatic form of 黄色 (yellow), meaning a very intense, bright, or pure yellow. Used as a noun, no-adjective, or na-adjective.

菜なの花はな畑ばたけが真まっ黄き色いろに染そまっている。
The field of rapeseed blossoms is dyed bright yellow.
彼かれは真まっ黄き色いろなシャツを着きていた。
He was wearing a bright yellow shirt.

Written forms

真まっ黄き色いろ
Standard kanji-kana spelling.
まっ黄き色いろ
Variant spelling with kana for the first part; less common than 真っ黄色.

Kanji

真true, reality, Buddhist sect
黄yellow
色

color

Similar words

黄き色いろ
黄色 is the neutral word for 'yellow'. 真っ黄色 adds emphasis, meaning 'bright/vivid yellow'.
真まっ青さお
Similarly formed emphatic color word meaning 'deep blue' or 'pale (face)'. 真っ黄色 is limited to the color sense.

Etymology

Formed by attaching the intensifying prefix 真っ (ma-) to 黄色 (kiiro, 'yellow'). The prefix 真っ is a variant of 真 (ma) used before certain sounds, yielding the meaning 'truly' or 'completely'.