JLPT N5 · い-adjective

黄色い (kiiroi)

黄色い (きいろい, kiiroi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “yellow”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: きいろい
Romaji: kiiroi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

yellow · い-adjective
high-pitched (voice); shrill · い-adjective

Example sentences

秋になると葉は黄色くなる。

In autumn the leaves turn yellow.

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

Conjugation of 黄色い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	黄色い	きいろい kiiroi
Negative	黄色くない	きいろくない kiirokunai
Past	黄色かった	きいろかった kiirokatta
Negative past	黄色くなかった	きいろくなかった kiirokunakatta
Te-form	黄色くて	きいろくて kiirokute
Adverb (~ku)	黄色く	きいろく kiiroku
Conditional (~ba)	黄色ければ	きいろければ kiirokereba

Kanji in 黄色い

黄

yellowコウ・オウ・き・こ- · 11 strokes

色

colorショク・シキ・いろ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 黄色い.

黄色きいろyellow黄金おうごんgold (Au)色いろcolour色々いろいろvarious茶色ちゃいろbrown景色けしきscenery特色とくしょくcharacteristic灰色はいいろgrey色しょくcounter for colours茶色いちゃいろいlight brown色彩しきさいcolour音色ねいろtone color脚色きゃくしょくdramatization (e.g. of a novel)着色ちゃくしょくcolouring

Source: JMdict entry 1182030 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.