黒（くろ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: black
Example sentences
- 彼は黒い服をよく着る。 — He often wears black clothes.
- 新しい黒いかばんを買った。 — I bought a new black bag.
Idioms & proverbs containing “黒”
- 墨に染まれば黒くなる (すみにそまればくろくなる) — people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble; that which is dyed with ink becomes black
- 暗黒時代 (あんこくじだい) — Dark Ages
- 黒風白雨 (こくふうはくう) — sudden rain shower in a dust storm
- 目の黒いうち (めのくろいうち) — while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
- 這っても黒豆 (はってもくろまめ) — insisting one is right even after one has been proven wrong
- 目を白黒させる (めをしろくろさせる) — to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
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