紫

Buddhism

purple clouds on which Amitabha rides to welcome the spirits of the dead

deep purple

Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace, Kyoto Imperial Palace, etc.)

Chinese milk vetch

light purple; mauve

purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe

green beefsteak plant; green perilla

Abbreviation

Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

Often called yams in America, but this is technically incorrect

purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)

reddish-purple

Word usually written using kana alone

powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)

purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)

Medicine

purpura; purple spot

bluish-violet; royal purple

lilac (colour); mauve; light purple

gromwell root (of species Lithospermum erythrorhizon)

Abbreviation

ultraviolet; UV

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus); common fleabane

red shiso; red perilla

Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)

light purple

light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster)

Heliocidaris crassispina (species of sea urchin); Anthocidaris crassispina

Medicine

purpura