Bさん：「あっ！その木はきれいですね！花は真っ白ですね。」
Zさん："真っ白? What does that mean?"
Bさん：「Bright white or pure white.」
Zさん："Oh, cool. Can you say the same with other colors, for example, 真っ黄色?"
Bさん：「Absolutely!」
Zさん："Ooo, wait, visual light is only a small part of the EM spectrum. Can you also say 真っ赤外線 or 真っ紫外線?"
Bさん：「I suppose, but the point is...」
Zさん："Or how about 真っガンマ線 or 真っX線? Or perhaps generalize with the simple 真っ電波."
Bさん：「... sure ... poets and artists throughout history have extolled the beauty of the electromagnetic spectrum.」
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Z-san explains: "Some vocabulary:
ReplyDelete真っ黄色(makkiro)bright yellow
真っ赤外線(massekigaisen) pure infrared
真っ紫外線(masshigaisen) pure ultraviolet
真っガンマ線(magganmasen) pure gamma ray
真っX線(makksen???) pure X-ray
真っ電波(maddenpa) pure radio or pure EM wave."