► 名詞
色 [(2)いろ] meaning: color rank: 1
☆ 彼女は色が白い ⇨ She has fair skins
☆ 明るい色と暗い色 ⇨ Bright colors and dark colors
色 [(2)いろ] meaning: appearance rank: 2
☆ チーム全体に焦りの色が見える ⇨ The entire team is showing nervousness, losing composure
☆ 彼には反省の色が全く無い ⇨ He’s not showing any color, sign, of remorse
色 [(2)いろ] [色が濃い] meaning: appearance rank: 2
☆ 敗戦の色が濃厚だ ⇨ The color of a loss is dark. It looks like we are losing the game
色 [(2)いろ] [liter] meaning: sex rank: 3
☆ 英雄色を好む ⇨ Heroes love sex
色 [(2)いろ] [色を付ける] [coll] meaning: favor rank: 4
☆ もう少し色をつけてくれればやっても構わない ⇨ I will do it if you could sweeten the deal a little more
► 接尾辞
色 [しょく] meaning: color rank: 2
☆ 二十四色クレヨン ⇨ A set of 24 color crayons
☆ 単色の生地 ⇨ A monotone, solid color, fabric
色 [しょく] meaning: feel rank: 2
☆ 政治色の強い映画 ⇨ A movie with obvious political messages
☆ 郷土色豊かな料理 ⇨ Dishes filled with local flavors
More examples:
- 黄色の花 ⇨ A yellow flower
- 灰色の空 ⇨ A gray sky
- 水色のシャツ ⇨ A light-blue shirt
- シャツの色が褪せた ⇨ The color of the shirt faded
- 車の色は十色の中から選択することが出来る ⇨ You can choose one out of 10 colors for the car
- 私が好きな色 ⇨ The color I like
- 有色人種 ⇨ A colored race
- 色恋に常識はない ⇨ Love and sex have no common senses. All’s fair in love
- 彼は契約に色々な条件を付けてきた ⇨ He is adding various conditions to the contract
- 彼はゴルフを始めて数年でプロになった異色の存在だ ⇨ He is quite unusual in that he became a pro within a few years after starting to play golf
- 黄色い花 ⇨ A yellow flower
- 彼の音楽は色々な要素を組み合わせたものだ ⇨ His music is a fusing of many different elements
- 彼女は髪を脱色した ⇨ She bleached her hair
- こちらの色はどうしょう？ ⇨ How would you like this color?
- 山の上から見た景色 ⇨ The scenery seen from the top of the mountain