黒(くろ), くろ

kuro

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • black
  • dark
  • bad guy; 'black hat'

黒(くろ)い, くろい

kuroi

JLPT 5

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • black
  • dark
  • illicit; wicked; underground

黒板(こくばん), こくばん

kokuban

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • blackboard

真(ま)っ黒(くろ), 真黒(まっくろ), まっくろ

makkuro

JLPT 2

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

黒字(くろじ), くろじ

kuroji

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • balance (figure) in the black

黒人(こくじん), こくじん

kokujin

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

目黒(めぐろ), めぐろ, メグロ

meguro, meguro

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)

黒海(こっかい), こっかい

kokkai

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

黒星(くろぼし), くろぼし

kuroboshi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • black spot; black dot; bull's-eye
  • failure mark (sumo)

黒木(くろき), くろき

kuroki

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • unbarked lumber

白黒(しろくろ), しろくろ

shirokuro

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • black and white; monochrome
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

黒(くろ), くろけむり, こくえん

kurokemuri, kokuen

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • black smoke

黒鉛(こくえん), こくえん

kokuen

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • graphite

大黒柱(だいこくばしら), だいこくばしら

daikokubashira

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • central pillar (of a building)
  • mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider; main man

黒(くろ)っぽい, くろっぽい

kuroppoi

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • dark; blackish

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