► 副詞
色々 [いろいろ] meaning: various rank: 1
☆ 色々御世話になりました ⇨ You have helped me in many different ways and occasions
☆ 色々考えたが、やはり止めることにした ⇨ I thought about many different scenarios, but in the end I decided not to
☆ 色々試したが、結局元の方法に戻した ⇨ I’ve tried many different ways, but in the end returned to the original way
► 形容動詞
色々 [いろいろ] meaning: various rank: 1
☆ 私は色々な音楽を聴く ⇨ I listen to various kinds of music
☆ 色々な角度から検討する必要がある ⇨ It is necessary to examine from various different angles
More examples:
- この電卓は色々な換算機能がある ⇨ This calculator has various conversion functions
- 昨年は色々な災難が相次いだ ⇨ Various misfortunes happened one after another last year
- 色々入り用で、遊ぶお金は無い ⇨ I need money for a lot of things, and nothing is left to play
- この現象は色々な条件が複合して起きる ⇨ This phenomenon is caused by combining multiple conditions
- 子供には色々な経験を得させることが大切だ ⇨ It is important to have children gain many different experiences
- ファイルの圧縮には色々な方式がある ⇨ There are many different ways, formats, techniques, to compress a file
- 週末は色々ゴタついて全然休めなかった ⇨ I couldn’t rest at all during the weekend because things came up one after another
- 学校から帰る道すがら友達と色々話をした ⇨ I talked with my friend about various things on our way from school
- 色々な種類の食べ物を食べることが好ましい ⇨ It is preferable to eat many different kinds of food
- 子供には色々なことを経験させるべきだ ⇨ You should have your children experience many different things
- 彼は色々なアルバイトをして食いつないでいる ⇨ He is doing various part-time jobs and making a living
- 彼は色々手を貸してくれた ⇨ He’s helped me in many occasions
- 彼女の料理は色々な異なる要素を組み合わせている ⇨ Her cuisine mixes a lot of different elements
- 色々細細した用事が有る ⇨ I have various small chores
- 彼は色々と言い訳を並べた ⇨ He listed up all kinds of excuses. He made all kinds of excuses one after another