r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BaldHourGlass667 • 6h ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/DistributionEasy5233 5h ago

Isn't there momo iro or something?

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u/GohTheGreat 5h ago edited 5h ago

That’s literally “peach (the fruit) colored” and has the nuance of being used in writing. You can use ___iro for most colors but Japanese people 9/10 just use a loan word.

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u/Nervous_Brain8918 5h ago

Thanks for this! I googled the traditional word and wondered the same thing

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u/izyshoroo 4h ago

This probably has about as much nuance in English as it does in Japanese

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u/GohTheGreat 2h ago

If I say “hand me my jacket” would you respond “the grey one?” or “the mouse colored one?”

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u/kakka_rot 47m ago

That's another weird thing, in Japan peach drinks taste "pink" but in America they taste "auburn", is the only way I can think to describe it.

Like a peach snapple tastes nothing like a similar jp peach soft drink

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u/inkfeeder 3h ago

You can use it as a substitute for "pinku" but depending on the context it will sound a bit forced / out of place.

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u/kakka_rot 45m ago

Reminds me of something using words like crimson instead of just red.

Like it has a time and place, but if someone went around calling everything that's read as crimson I'd think he's a weirdo.

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u/Nomeg_Stylus 2h ago

Yep. Not really used in common parlance, but there's an answer to OP's question that satisfies the criteria.