みどり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of みどり – see the following entries.

【緑】3 [noun] green (color) [noun] verdure [noun] a new bud or shoot [noun] (archaic) in the Edo Period, an apprentice to a high-ranking courtesan, from ages six or seven through thirteen or fourteen [noun] in kabuki and 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”), performing just the main parts of a work and omitting the 狂言 (kyōgen) [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 翠

【翠】J [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, みどり (midori), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as みどり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as みどり.)