色々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いろ
Grade: 2
いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

色々 (-na inflection, hiragana いろいろ, rōmaji iroiro)

  1. various

Inflection

Usage notes

Like all words in Japanese with two identical kanji next to each other, the second kanji in this word is replaced with . The real form, in a sense, is 色色, but this word is very rarely written that way.

Adverb

色々 (hiragana いろいろ, rōmaji iroiro)

  1. variously, in many ways

Synonyms

Noun

色々 (hiragana いろいろ, rōmaji iroiro)

  1. a variety, many ways, many kinds

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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