くちなし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くちなし – see the following entries.

【梔子】 [noun] the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides [noun] (colloquial) Short for 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back Alternative spellings 巵子, 山梔子, クチナシ

(This term, くちなし (kuchinashi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as くちなし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くちなし.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 口梨, 口無し.)