JLPT N5 · な-adjective

色々 (iroiro)

色々 (いろいろ, iroiro) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “various; a variety of”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いろいろ
Romaji: iroiro
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different) · な-adjective, noun taking の · usually written in kana
variously; in various ways; in many ways · adverb, adverb (taking と) · usually written in kana
various things; this and that · noun · usually written in kana · as ...のいろいろ

Example sentences

いろいろな国へ行ったがやっぱり日本が一番いい。

I've visited many countries, but I like Japan best of all.

Tatoeba #228437

色々と有り難うございます。忘れないように彼はそれを書き留めた。

Thank you very much for everything. He wrote it down lest he should forget it.

Tatoeba #145949

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

Conjugation of 色々

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	色々だ	いろいろだ iroiroda
Present (polite)	色々です	いろいろです iroirodesu
Negative	色々じゃない	いろいろじゃない iroirojanai
Past	色々だった	いろいろだった iroirodatta
Negative past	色々じゃなかった	いろいろじゃなかった iroirojanakatta
Te-form	色々で	いろいろで iroirode
Before a noun	色々な	いろいろな iroirona
Adverb (~ni)	色々に	いろいろに iroironi

Kanji in 色々

色

colorショク・シキ・いろ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 色々.

色いろcolour黄色きいろyellow茶色ちゃいろbrown黄色いきいろいyellow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 1587850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.