黄色(きいろ), きいろ, こうしょく, おうしょく

kiiro, kōshoku, ōshoku

JLPT 5

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • yellow; amber

黄色(きいろ)い, 黄(き)いろい, きいろい

kiiroi

JLPT 5

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • yellow
  • high-pitched (voice); shrill

紅葉(こうよう), 黄葉(こうよう), こうよう, もみじ

kōyō, momiji

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • autumn colours; fall colors; leaves changing color (colour)
  • leaves turning red; red leaves
  • leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves
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黄金(おうごん), 金(きむ), おうごん, こがね, きがね, くがね

ōgon, kogane, kigane, kugane

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • gold

黄(き), き

ki

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • yellow

胡瓜(きゅうり), 黄(き), きゅうり, キュウリ

kyūri, kyūri

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • cucumber

黄金(おうごん), おうごんじだい

ōgonjidai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Golden Age

緑黄色(りょくおうしょく), りょくおうしょく

ryokuōshoku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • greenish yellow

黄昏(たそがれ), たそがれ, こうこん

tasogare, kōkon

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • dusk; twilight

黄泉(よみ), こうせん, よみ

kōsen, yomi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • underground spring
  • Hades; hell; underworld

黄河(こうが), こうが

kōga

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Yellow river (in China)

頬白(ほおじろ), 画(が), 黄道(こうどう), ほおじろ, ほほじろ, ホオジロ, ホホジロ

hōjiro, hohojiro, hōjiro, hohojiro

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides)
  • great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)

黄楊(つげ), 柘植(つげ), つげ, ツゲ

tsuge, tsuge

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica); Japanese boxwood

黄土(おうど), おうど, こうど

ōdo, kōdo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • earth; yellow soil; yellow ochre; loess; hades

黄(き), きみどり, おうりょく

kimidori, ōryoku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • pea green; yellow-green

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