JLPT N2 · な-adjective

真っ白 (masshiro)

真っ白 (まっしろ, masshiro) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “pure white”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まっしろ
Romaji: masshiro
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

pure white · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
blank (e.g. mind, paper) · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

見渡す限り、野原は真っ白だった。

The field was white as far as the eye could see.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 真っ白

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	真っ白だ	まっしろだ masshiroda
Present (polite)	真っ白です	まっしろです masshirodesu
Negative	真っ白じゃない	まっしろじゃない masshirojanai
Past	真っ白だった	まっしろだった masshirodatta
Negative past	真っ白じゃなかった	まっしろじゃなかった masshirojanakatta
Te-form	真っ白で	まっしろで masshirode
Before a noun	真っ白な	まっしろな masshirona
Adverb (~ni)	真っ白に	まっしろに masshironi

Kanji in 真っ白

真

true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes

白

whiteハク・ビャク・しろ・しら- · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真っ白.

写真しゃしんphotograph真面目まじめserious真剣しんけんserious真似まねimitating真理しんりtruth真っ赤まっかbright red真空しんくうvacuum真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark真っ黒まっくろpitch-black真っ青まっさおdeep blue真っ先まっさきthe head真似るまねるto mimic真実しんじつtruth真珠しんじゅpearl

Source: JMdict entry 1580620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.