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.)
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