水みず色いろ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to a pale, watery blue color, like the color of clear water. Commonly used as both a noun and a no-adjective.

色いろ

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ワンピース

を

着き

て

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た

。

She was wearing a light blue dress.

空そらが水みず色いろに染そまっている。

The sky is tinged with pale blue.

水みず色いろの〈物もの〉a light-blue ~ (object)
彼かの女じょは水みず色いろのワンピースを着きていた。
She was wearing a light-blue dress.
〈物もの〉を水みず色いろに染そめるto dye ~ light blue
布ぬのを水みず色いろに染そめた。
I dyed the cloth light blue.
水みず色いろをしているto be (a shade of) light blue
この湖みずうみは美うつくしい水みず色いろをしている。
This lake is a beautiful light blue.

空そら色いろ
空色 describes a brighter sky blue, while 水色 is a paler, softer blue reminiscent of clear water.
青あおN5
青 is the general word for blue (or even green in some contexts), whereas 水色 names a specific pale, watery shade of blue.
淡たん青せい色しょく
淡青色 is a more formal, literal term for pale blue, while 水色 is the everyday word for the same shade.
シアン
水色 is a soft, pastel blue used in everyday Japanese, while シアン is the precise, vivid blue-green used in printing and color systems.
アクア
水色 is the native Japanese word for a pale, everyday light blue, while アクア is a trendier loanword used for a specific turquoise-tinged shade in product names and design.

水みず色いろUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
みずいろUsage1%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially in casual contexts or for clarity.

Compound of 水 (みず, water) and 色 (いろ, color), literally 'water color', referring to the pale blue of clear water.