The Japanese word for white is
白
しろ - shiro
Japanese Definition
| white | |
| 1. 名詞. 白、白色 | |
| 2. 名詞. 白人、コーカソイド | |
| 3. 名詞. 白の絵の具・染料・ペンキ | |
| 4. 名詞. 白衣 | |
| 5. 形容詞. しろい。 | |
| 6. 形容詞. 白人の。 | |
| 7. 形容詞. （コーヒー・紅茶など）乳を加えた。 |
Translations for white and their definitions
| 白い | |
| 1. adj. white |
| 白 | |
| 1. n. the color white | |
| (coord-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 黒, tr1=kuro, t1=black) | |
| 2. n. (by extension) innocence | |
| (coord-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 黒, tr1=kuro, t1=guilt) | |
| 3. n. (Go) a white go stone | |
| 4. n. something unwritten | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) the white team in a (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 紅白, tr=kōhaku) group | |
| 6. n. (colloquial) an unlicensed prostitute | |
| 7. n. (colloquial) (synonym of ja, 塩, tr=shio): salt | |
| 8. n. a type of (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, もつ焼き, tr=motsuyaki) made from pig intestines | |
| 9. n. in the game of (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人狼, , tr=Jinrō, Werewolf; Mafia), one who is on the villagers' side | |
| (antonyms, ja, 黒, tr1=kuro) | |
| 確定白%・%確白 - one who is certainly on the villagers' side | |
| 10. prefix. (n-g-lite, Combining form of m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, , しろ, tr=shiro) above: | |
| 11. prefix. white | |
| 12. prefix. undyed, unpainted, unseasoned, etc. | |
| 13. prefix. pure | |
| 14. prefix. innocent | |
| 15. prefix. normal, unspecial | |
| 16. adj. unapplied, undecorated; also the object that is unapplied or undecorated | |
| 17. adj. honest, serious; also the person who is honest or serious | |
| 18. adj. normal, unspecial; also the person who is normal or unspecial in position, occupation(,) or condition | |
| 19. n. the color white | |
| 20. n. a performer's lines | |
| (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 台詞, tr=serifu) | |
| 21. n. (mahjong) a white dragon tile | |
| (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 白板, tr=paipan) | |
| (hyper, ja, 三元牌, tr=sangenpai) | |
| 22. n. (mahjong) a (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 役, , tr=yaku, winning hand) with a triplet or quad of white dragon tiles, worth 1 m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 翻, , tr=han, double | |
| (hyper, ja, 役牌, tr=yakuhai, yaku-pai) | |
| 23. affix. white | |
| 24. affix. colorless, dirtless, markless | |
| 25. affix. bright and clear | |
| 26. affix. humbly say | |
| 27. affix. sake cup | |
| 28. affix. white |
| 白人 | |
| 1. n. a white person | |
| (cot, ja, 黄人, tr=kōjin, 黒人, tr2=kokujin) |
| 白身 | |
| 1. n. egg white | |
| 2. n. white flesh of a fish | |
| 3. n. white portion of wood near the bark |
| 白蝶 | |
| 1. n. a pierid |
| 卵白 | |
| 1. n. egg white, albumen |
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