► 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:
- 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
- 彼は景色の写真を撮った ⇨ He took pictures of the scenery
- 動物の輸入には色々な規制がある ⇨ There are many regulations for importing animals
- 怪しい男が人の荷物を物色していた ⇨ A suspicious man was rummaging through other people’s stuff
- もう少しおとなしい色は無いの？ ⇨ Isn’t there any color that is a little more subtle?
- 銀色の車 ⇨ A silver car
- 世の中色んな人がいる ⇨ There are all kinds of people in the society
- 色恋に常識はない ⇨ Love and sex have no common senses. All’s fair in love
- 灰色の空 ⇨ A gray sky
- 彼はいつも上司の顔色を窺っている ⇨ He is always watching out for his boss’s mood
- 無色透明の液体 ⇨ Colorless and transparent liquid
- 彼は景色を眺めている ⇨ He is looking at the scenery
- 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
- 色々な企画を準備しておりますので、お楽しみに (お待ち下さい) ⇨ We are preparing many fun activities, so please wait eagerly, stay tuned
- 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