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I would like to know the opinions of non-native speakers.

The female Japanese football team is named なでしこ which means pink. My
impression of pink is a flower which is cute but tiny and ephemeral. Whereas
the members of なでしこ look far from being tiny and ephemeral, if not extremely
stout and robust.

What do you non-native speakers think about that? I am not talking about
aesthetic merit or lack thereof.
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なでしこ (the football team)
Nadeshiko doesn't just mean the color "pink". It's the Japanese word for the
flower called pink, or carnation. In the Western "language of flowers," the
carnation implies boldness, i.e. courage, due to the vividness of its color,
as well as love, purity, and beauty. Therefore in Japan, the type of carnation
called _nadeshiko_ has long been associated with both beautiful and strong
women.
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