I Love Kanji黄色 (kiiro)
黄色 (きいろ, kiiro) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “yellow; amber”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- きいろ
- Romaji
- kiiro
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- yellow; amber · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 黄色
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 黄色だ | きいろだ kiiroda |
| Present (polite) | 黄色です | きいろです kiirodesu |
| Negative | 黄色じゃない | きいろじゃない kiirojanai |
| Past | 黄色だった | きいろだった kiirodatta |
| Negative past | 黄色じゃなかった | きいろじゃなかった kiirojanakatta |
| Te-form | 黄色で | きいろで kiirode |
| Before a noun | 黄色な | きいろな kiirona |
| Adverb (~ni) | 黄色に | きいろに kiironi |
Kanji in 黄色
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 黄色.
黄色いきいろい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 1576760 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.