白（しろ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: white
Example sentences
- 白いシャツを着て出かけた。 — I went out wearing a white shirt.
- 冬になると山が白くなる。 — The mountains turn white in winter.
Idioms & proverbs containing “白”
- 狐の子は頬白 (きつねのこはつらじろ) — like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks
- 白駒の隙を過ぐるが如し (はっくのげきをすぐるがごとし) — time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi)
- 黒風白雨 (こくふうはくう) — sudden rain shower in a dust storm
- 清廉潔白 (せいれんけっぱく) — spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
- 青天白日 (せいてんはくじつ) — clear weather
- 亭主関白 (ていしゅかんぱく) — domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “白” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)