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真珠

真珠

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 真珠 – see 珍珠. (This term, 真珠, is a variant form of 珍珠.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	珠
しん Grade: 3	しゅ > じゅ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
(Tokyo) しんじゅ [shìńjú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩnd͡ʑɯᵝ]

Noun

真珠 ‎(hiragana しんじゅ, romaji shinju)

pearl

Synonyms

パール ‎(pāru)

Derived terms

Derived terms

真珠色 (しんじゅいろ) ‎(shinjuiro): pearly
真珠貝 (しんじゅがい) ‎(shinjugai): pearl oyster
真珠岩 (しんじゅがん) ‎(shinjugan): perlite
真珠雲 (しんじゅぐも) ‎(shinjugumo): nacreous cloud
真珠婚式 (しんじゅこんしき) ‎(shinjukonshiki): pearl wedding
真珠層 (しんじゅそう) ‎(shinjusō): nacre
真珠湾 (しんじゅわん) ‎(Shinjuwan): Pearl Harbor
淡水真珠 (たんすいしんじゅ) ‎(tansuishinju): freshwater pearl
豚 (ぶた)に真珠 (しんじゅ) ‎(buta ni shinju): pearls before swine
養殖真珠 (ようしょくしんじゅ) ‎(yōshokushinju): cultured pearl

Proper noun

真珠 ‎(hiragana しんじゅ, romaji Shinju)

A female given name

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.