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色いろ - iro
color
Definitions
| Japanese > English |
| 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 |
Pronunciation
iro
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