► 成句
白 [(2)しら] [白を切る] meaning: pretend rank: 2
☆ しらを切るのはいい加減にしてよ ⇨ Stop pretending not to know already (☛ Pretend not to know)
☆ 彼はどこまでもしらを切った ⇨ He insisted he didn’t know anything (☛ Pretend not to know)
► 名詞
白 [(1)しろ] meaning: white rank: 1
☆ 白のドレス ⇨ A white dress
白 [(1)しろ] [coll] meaning: innocent rank: 3
☆ あいつは白だと思う ⇨ I think he is not at fault. I don’t think he committed the crime
白 [(1)しろ] meaning: man rank: 3
☆ 白の勝ち ⇨ A win for the white, men (☛ Japanese traditional grouping of gender. Men are white and women are red)
More examples:
- 白血球 ⇨ White blood cell
- 彼は白血病で死んだ ⇨ He died from leukemia
- 白状したらどうだ、強情者め ⇨ Why don’t you come clean, you stubborn devil
- 彼女が紅白歌合戦の大トリを務めた ⇨ She was the final singer in the New Year’s Eve singing contest
- この話は白紙に戻そう ⇨ Let’s cancel this deal (and start over)
- 卵の白身 ⇨
- 白骨死体が発見された ⇨ Human skeletal remains have been found
- 応援しているチームが余りに簡単に勝つと、それはそれで面白くない ⇨ If my favorite team win too easily, that is also not that fun
- 彼は余白に何かを書き込んだ ⇨ He wrote down something in the blank space
- 面白くないのでグループチャットを途中で退出した ⇨ I left the group chat in the middle because it was boring
- 彼女は意外な贈り物に目を白黒させた ⇨ She was so surprised with the gift her eyes moved rapidly
- 彼女はそれを聞いて顔面蒼白になった ⇨ Her face turned pale when she heard that
- お祭りは楽しい企画が目白押しです ⇨ The festival is chock full of fun events
- 彼の発言は座を白けさせた ⇨ His remark threw a wet blanket to the attendance
- 彼女は色が白い ⇨ She has fair skins