mulberry

桑の実

桑の木になる小さな甘い実で、赤や紫、白などの色がある。

やさしい英語で： A small, sweet fruit, often red, purple, or white, that grows on a tree.

• I ate a ripe mulberry.
• We picked mulberries for a jar of jam.
• Purple mulberry juice stained his fingers.

よく使う表現： ripe mulberry, mulberry jam, mulberry juice

桑

小さな甘い実をつけ、蚕が葉を食べる木や低木。

やさしい英語で： A tree or bush that produces small, sweet fruits and has leaves eaten by silkworms.

• They planted a mulberry in the garden.
• Silkworms feed on mulberry leaves.
• The old mulberry gave us shade all summer.

よく使う表現： mulberry tree, white mulberry, mulberry leaves

赤紫

赤みを帯びた濃い紫色。

やさしい英語で： A dark purple colour with some red in it.

• She chose mulberry for the bedroom walls.
• The fabric was a rich shade of mulberry.
• Try mixing a little red into the purple to make mulberry.

よく使う表現： deep mulberry, shade of mulberry, mulberry colour