How to Say "Hazel" in Japanese

ハシバミ色

hashibami-iro

The English word 'hazel' can be translated into Japanese as ハシバミ色 (hashibami-iro). Wiktionary also lists ハシバミ色い (hashibami-iroi).

Meaning: colour (adj)

Ways to say it

“hazel” in Japanese
Japanese	Romanization (Wiktionary)
ハシバミ色	hashibami-iro
ハシバミ色い	hashibami-iroi

The terms are used to describe the color hazel. The related word ハシバミ refers to the hazel tree or shrub itself.

hashibami-iro

While ハシバミ色 is the direct translation, Japanese speakers more commonly use the loanword ヘーゼル for the color, especially when describing eyes or hair in a modern context.
Because hazel eyes are rare in East Asia, ハシバミ色 is almost exclusively used in literature or translation to describe foreign characters.
In Japanese culture, colors are often categorized by the natural object they resemble, and ハシバミ refers specifically to the nut of the hazel tree.

Kenta and Yui are looking at a new pair of shoes.

健太 Kenta

結衣、この靴の色はどう思う？
Yui, kono kutsu no iro wa dō omou?
Yui, what do you think of the color of these shoes?
結衣 Yui

いい色だね。ハシバミ色かな。
Ii iro da ne. Hashibami-iro kana.
It's a nice color. Maybe it's hazel?
健太 Kenta

うん、ハシバミ色って書いてあるよ。
Un, hashibami-iro tte kaite aru yo.
Yeah, it says hazel here.
結衣 Yui

落ち着いた色で素敵だと思うよ。
Ochi-tsuita iro de suteki da to omou yo.
I think it's lovely and subtle.

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