I Love Kanji白い (shiroi)
白い (しろい, shiroi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “white”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しろい
- Romaji
- shiroi
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- white · い-adjective
- blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; unmarked; spotless; immaculate · い-adjective
- innocent; not guilty; pure · い-adjective
- bright; vivid · い-adjective · archaic
- inexperienced; naive; unrefined · い-adjective · archaic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 白い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 白い | しろい shiroi |
| Negative | 白くない | しろくない shirokunai |
| Past | 白かった | しろかった shirokatta |
| Negative past | 白くなかった | しろくなかった shirokunakatta |
| Te-form | 白くて | しろくて shirokute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 白く | しろく shiroku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 白ければ | しろければ shirokereba |
Kanji in 白い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 白い.
白しろwhite面白いおもしろいinteresting白髪しらがwhite hair青白いあおじろいpale真っ白まっしろpure white告白こくはくconfession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.)白状はくじょうconfession明白めいはくobvious蛋白質たんぱくしつprotein
Source: JMdict entry 1474910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.