Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 白, 茉白(Japanese Kanji) ましろ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. MA-SHEE-RO [key] Meaning & History Means "white jasmine" in Japanese, combining 茉 (ma) meaning "jasmine" with 白 (mashiro) meaning "white". It can also be spelled 白 (mashiro), meaning "white".