The Japanese word for color is
色
いろ - iroJapanese Definition
color | |
1. 別表記. colour (アメリカ合衆国以外) | |
2. 名詞. 色。光(可視光線)のスペクトルの合成成分 | |
Humans and birds can perceive color. | |
人間や鳥は色を認識する | |
3. 名詞. 色彩。認識できたり、名付けられているスペクトル光の一式 | |
Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red and green. | |
多くの言語は黒・白・赤・緑の色の名前を持っている。 | |
4. 名詞. (黒・白・灰色のような無彩色に対して)色調。 | |
He referred to the white flag as one 'drained of all color'. | |
彼は白旗を「すべての色が流れ去った」旗と呼んだ。 | |
5. 名詞. 人間の肌の色、特に人種や民族を指す。 | |
Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies. | |
人種・民族については多くの社会で敏感な問題となっている。 | |
6. 名詞. (比喩的に)特色。特定の地域で興味のある、格別な特徴。 | |
a bit of local color. | |
地域色の一端 | |
7. 形容詞. (濃淡のある灰色に対して)色の付いた、色彩がある | |
Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white - カラーテレビ・カラー映画は白黒のものに比べて遙かに進歩したものと考えられていた。 | |
8. 動詞. 着色する | |
We could color the walls red | |
私たちは壁を赤くすることができたんだが。 | |
9. 動詞. 塗り絵をする。線描による境界の内側の区画にカラーマーカーやクレヨンを使って色を塗る。 | |
My kindergartener loves to color | |
我が家の幼稚園児は塗り絵が大好きだ。 | |
10. 動詞. 顔を赤らめる | |
11. 動詞. 完全に変えることなしに影響を与える | |
That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book | |
その解釈は私のその本に対する見方に確実に影響する。 | |
12. 動詞. ~という性質を有すると考える。 | |
(口語) Color me confused | |
戸惑っていると思ってくれ。/わけが分からないよ。 |
Translations for color and their definitions
色 | |
1. n. (from 720) color | |
目の色が違う猫 - a cat that has eyes of different color | |
2. n. (from 797) (figurative) the metaphorical color or mood | |
3. n. one's facial coloring or expression | |
4. n. the shape of one's face or appearance; more specifically, beautiful looks or a beautiful figure | |
5. n. lively elegance, enjoyable or interesting charm | |
6. n. apparent thoughtfulness, warmheartedness | |
7. n. the feeling or mood of a thing | |
8. n. the tenor or timber of a voice or sound | |
9. n. in Noh, a section that is chanted at a medium pace; alternately, a decorative poetic section | |
10. n. in (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 浄瑠璃, , tr=jōruri, puppet show narrative), a lively section that is neither strictly dialog nor narration, but has many elements of dialog | |
11. n. when playing the koto, pushing on a string with the fingers of the left hand to change the pitch of a note, or for vibrato | |
12. n. (from early 900s) something related to romantic or sexual love, particularly between genders | |
13. n. the emotions or circumstances of attraction between genders | |
14. n. extramarital relations, an affair | |
15. n. an extramarital lover | |
16. n. a prostitute | |
17. n. a red-light district | |
18. n. (from late 900s) the type or kind of something | |
19. n. (informal slang) various specific kinds of color: | |
20. n. (informal slang) lipstick or rouge | |
21. n. (informal slang) soy sauce | |
22. n. (informal slang) paint | |
23. affix. relating to a love affair or the red light district | |
24. affix. of that tone or timber or mood | |
25. affix. relating to type or kind | |
26. affix. Usage: Only found in compounds. | |
27. n. (obsolete) coloring, design | |
28. n. (Buddhism) material form, specifically the organized body as one of the five constituent elements or skandhas | |
29. n. that which is visible of a thing, specifically form and color | |
30. n. color | |
31. n. Usage: Used extensively in compounds. | |
32. affix. color (US), colour (everywhere else) | |
33. affix. Usage: Used in compounds. | |
34. counter. used to count the number of colors | |
三色刷り - three-color printing |
色彩 | |
1. n. colour, hue |
染める | |
1. v. (ja-vp, 染める, 染まる) | |
2. v. to dye | |
髪を赤く/茶色に染める - to dye one's hair red / brown | |
3. v. to color; to paint; to blush | |
4. v. (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with | |
5. v. (筆を染める) to start writing | |
6. v. attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (=染み込む) | |
煮染める - to boil down | |
焚き染める - to burn incense to get its smell fully into |
業績 | |
1. n. performance, achievement, results, track record (in business, finance, etc.) | |
会社の業績が振るわない。 - The company is not doing well. |
幟 | |
1. n. flag, banner |
塗る | |
1. v. to paint or plaster | |
2. v. to spread on, to dab on, to apply | |
油を塗る - grease, anoint with oil | |
3. v. to fill in | |
マークシートを塗る - to fill in the bubble sheet |
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