Re: Most obscure vocabulary award.

<jwb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote ...
Paul Blay <ask_me_or_get_spam_trapped@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> dixit: 
Is that still on? Because I've just come across the following (with
furigana) in the book I'm reading.

濃藍色 【のうらんしょく】 (n,adj-na?) dark indigo

Are you putting in an entry? 

I wasn't going to because it's pretty obscure,
although as far as I know it's 'real'..
I just put it in Edict format because it's a familiar
style.
.

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