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How to say Vermilion in Japanese. Meaning of 朱色(しゅいろ・shuiro)【Why Japanese shrine torii colored by Vermilion?】

How does it call “vermilion” in Japanese?

朱色
しゅいろ
Shu-iro

vermilion

神社じんじゃ⛩の鳥居とりいいろ朱色しゅいろですね。
朱色は魔除まよけの意味いみがあります。

It says in Japan that the color of vermilion have a power to protect us from evil.

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