色(いろ), いろ

iro

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • colour; color
  • complexion
  • appearance; look
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色々(いろいろ), 色色(いろいろ), いろいろ

iroiro

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no` adverb (fukushi) adverb taking the `to` particle
  • various
  • various colors (colours)

茶色(ちゃいろ), ちゃ色(しょく), 茶(ちゃ), ちゃいろ

chairo

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • light brown; tawny

色(いろ), しょく

shoku

JLPT 2

counter
  • counter for colours

色彩(しきさい), しきさい

shikisai

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • colour; color; hue; tints

色(いろ)んな, いろんな

ironna

noun or verb acting prenominally
  • various

難色(なんしょく), なんしょく

nanshoku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • disapproval

異色(いしょく), いしょく

ishoku

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • unique; different color; different colour; novelty

彩(いろど)る, 色(いろ), いろどる

irodoru

Godan verb with `ru` ending transitive verb
  • to colour; to color; to paint; to make up

緑色(りょくしょく), 翠色(すいしょく), みどりいろ, りょくしょく, すいしょく

midoriiro, ryokushoku, suishoku

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

色合(いろあ)い, 色合(いろあい), いろあい, いろあわい

iroai, iroawai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • hue; tinge; tint

顔色(かおいろ), 顔(かお), かおいろ, がんしょく

kaoiro, ganshoku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • complexion; one's colour; one's color
  • countenance; expression; one's face

色紙(いろがみ), いろがみ

irogami

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • coloured paper; colored paper

玉虫色(たまむしいろ), たまむしいろ

tamamushiiro

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • iridescent
  • equivocal; ambivalent
  • variable meaning; weasel-word; chameleonic interpretation

色気(いろけ), いろけ

iroke

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • colouring; coloring; shade of colour; shade of color
  • interest in the opposite sex; sex appeal; sensuality; seductiveness; glamor; glamour; sexual passion
  • romance; poetry; charm
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