► 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:
- 彼は今迄色々な仕事を経験して来た ⇨ He has experienced many different jobs so far
- 桃色の桜 ⇨ Pink cherry blossoms
- 彼には反省の色が全く無い ⇨ He doesn’t seem to be remorseful at all
- 彼等から色好い返事は聞かれなかった ⇨ We didn’t hear, get, favorable, positive, responses from them
- 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
- 色々御世話になりました ⇨ You have helped me in many different ways and occasions
- なんか気色の悪い奴 ⇨ A kind of creepy guy
- 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
- 明るい黄色 ⇨ Bright yellow color
- 変わった色の車 ⇨ A car with unusual color
- 彼の技は世界の一流と比べても遜色無い ⇨ His skills don’t pale even compared with the world’s best
- 落ち着いた色 ⇨ A quiet, subdued, color
- 世の中色んな人がいる ⇨ There are all kinds of people in the society
- みかんを食べ過ぎると手の平が黄色くなる ⇨ Your palms become yellow when you eat too much orange
- 無色透明の液体 ⇨ Colorless and transparent liquid