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► 成句
  [(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)
☆ 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
  [(1)しろ]    meaning:  white  rank: 1
☆ 白のドレス ⇨ A white dress

  [(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

  [(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:
  • このドラマはなかなか面白い ⇨ This drama is pretty interesting
  • バイ行列先導した ⇨ A police motorcycle led the motorcade
  • は白血病で病死した ⇨ He died of leukemia
  • く白状したほうがだぞ ⇨ You should confess quickly for your own good, to save yourself
  • 容疑者被害者したことを自白した ⇨ The suspect confessed that he killed the victim
  • は余白にかを書き込んだ ⇨ He wrote down something in the blank space
  • 用紙を白紙のまま提出した ⇨ He submitted a blank form
  • やりめは面白かったがすぐに飽きてしまった ⇨ It was fun when I started doing it, but got bored quickly
  • は蛋白質を含む ⇨ Meat contains a lot of protein
  • の白身 ⇨ 
  • 子供達にはゲームが面白くて仕方ないようだ ⇨ It seems the kids can’t get enough of gaming
  • 白雪姫と七小人 ⇨ Snow White and the seven dwarfs
  • この小説は面白い ⇨ This novel is interesting, a good read
  • 面白い豆知識 ⇨ Interesting trivias
  • 白といになった模様 ⇨ A pattern with white and black dovetailing, alternating