Re: Most obscure vocabulary award.

Marc Adler wrote:
> Paul Blay wrote:
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>>濃藍色 【のうらんしょく】 (n,adj-na?) dark indigo
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> -> adj-no
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>>広辞苑 doesn't have 濃藍 (のうらん) or 濃藍 (こあい),
>>大辞林 has こあい only.
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> This might be productive, in an obscure way.
> 濃青色、濃橙色、etc.

Tongue in cheek, there, Marc?

濃藍色 and 淡藍色 are presumalby the extremes of "ranshoku."

Bart
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