► 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:
- 彼は白血病で病死した ⇨ He died of leukemia
- 彼は子供を怖がらせて面白がっている ⇨ He’s having fun scaring children
- 容疑者は被害者を殺したことを自白した ⇨ The suspect confessed that he killed the victim
- 子供は動物を虐めて面白がることがある ⇨ Children sometimes think it is funny to torment animals
- 彼は白血病で死んだ ⇨ He died from leukemia
- 便器は普通白い ⇨ Toilet bowls are usually white
- 白血病は癌の一種だ ⇨ Leukemia is a kind of cancer
- 白バイが行列を誘導している ⇨ A police bike is leading the procession
- この本はバカ売れしているだけあって確かに面白い ⇨ This book is selling like crazy and is indeed interesting
- 肉は蛋白質を多く含む ⇨ Meat contains a lot of protein
- 彼は食べ物を喉に詰まらせて目を白黒させた ⇨ He got food stuck in his throat and struggled with his eyes turning white and black, darting, rolling
- 名前の欄が空白のままだ ⇨ The name box is still blank, not filled out
- 決勝戦は白熱の好試合になった ⇨ The final turned into a thrilling closely-fought battle
- 彼女は重度の白痴だ ⇨ She has severe intellectual disability
- 白い車 ⇨ A white car