► 動詞
白ける [(3)しらける] meaning: awkward rank: 2
☆ 彼はいつも場を白けさせる ⇨ He always makes the scene awkward, throws a wet blanket (☛ Become awkward, uncomfortable, annoyed by someone’s comment)
白む [(2)しらむ] [liter] meaning: light rank: 4
☆ 寝る頃には夜が白んできていた ⇨ The night was over, it was dawning, by the time I went to sleep
► 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)
► 形容詞
白い [(2)しろい] meaning: white rank: 1
☆ 彼女の歯の白さが目立つ ⇨ The whiteness of her teeth stands out
☆ 白い車 ⇨ A white car