色（いろ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: color
Example sentences
- 私の好きな色は青です。 — My favorite color is blue.
- 秋になると葉の色が変わる。 — The color of the leaves changes when autumn comes.
Idioms & proverbs containing “色”
- 英雄色を好む (えいゆういろをこのむ) — great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures
- 巧言令色鮮し仁 (こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん) — those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion
- 色気より食い気 (いろけよりくいけ) — fair words fill not the belly; food before romance
- 色事は思案の外 (いろごとはしあんのほか) — love and reason do not go together
- 色男金と力はなかりけり (いろおとこかねとちからはなかりけり) — handsome men have neither money nor power
- 心内にあれば色外にあらわる (こころうちにあればいろそとにあらわる) — what you believe in your heart is revealed in your face
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “色” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)