くろ
Meanings
Noun
1. 色の一種。全ての光の波長を吸収した結果、視覚に感知されなくなるもの。
くろ
2. 碁石の黒石や黒い服など黒いもの。
会話
3. 犯罪の容疑があること、又は容疑者。
俗語
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (178 in total)
pitch black
to blacken; to darken
black hair
① 黒い煙。黒煙。くろけぶり。
dark bay (horse coat color)
black clothes
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
① タイ科に分類される魚の一種。学名:Acanthopagrus schlegelii。別名、ちぬ。
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
black cat
charred; burnt black; scorched black
black spot; black speck
black cat
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
black hood
black panther
black mole; beauty mark
to blacken (something); to make something black; to talk wrong into right
unbarked lumber
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
thick black silk from Hachijo Island
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
black spot; black speck
Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
① 黒色の幕。特に、歌舞伎で場面転換などで使うもの。② 表面に出ないが実権を握っており、陰で指図などをする人。
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
dark; blackish
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
black beard; type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
① ユリ目ユリ科バイモ属に属する多年草の一種。学名:Fritillaria camtschatcensis。
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
black ant
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
mourning borders
black crested garment
black diamond
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
black lustre; black luster
① 黒い色で書かれた文字。② 収入が支出を上回ること。
large crowd; mass of people
black and white; right and wrong
① 大豆の一種で外皮の黒いもの。秋の季語。
① マツ科マツ属に属する常緑針葉樹、常緑高木の一種。学名:Pinus thunbergii。別名、おまつ。
to blacken
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
black (colour, color)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
black dog
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
black magic
black magic
① 黒い雲。黒雲^(こくうん)。
blacksnake
black rim; black edge
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
black quartz; morion
brown bread; rye bread
black ground; black cloth
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
Berkshire pig
black stone; black (go pieces)
brown sugar syrup
black terracotta; black soil
black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
black rotary-dial telephone
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
venous blood
black maple (Acer nigrum)
black spot; black speck
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
black shirt; blackshirts
blackish green
stout; dark beer; porter's ale
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
① 黒毛の熊。つきのわぐまの別称。その毛皮。
deep brown
hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata); Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
black cattle
sable (Martes zibellina)
black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
rye (Secale cereale)
reddish brown tinged with black
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black rat
black to play (in go)
black granite
black Lolita (fashion style)
formal, black kimono with designs along the bottom of the skirt worn by married women on ceremonial occasions; married woman's ceremonial kimono
Rubus mesogaeus (species of blackberry)
black diamond; carbon; carbonado
black sesame (seeds)
black "ro" silk gauze
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans)
black level (image)
black sealing ink; black stamp pad
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
black soybean
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
① 花崗岩などに見られる普通は六角柱~六角板状の黒い鉱物で、地表上ではもっともありふれた鉱物の一つ。造岩鉱物としては有色鉱物に分類される。化学組成K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2のフィロ珪酸塩鉱物であり、金雲母と鉄雲母の固溶体の総称である。
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
black cataract; amaurosis
eastern reef heron
black goods; consumer electronics products
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
① 梅雨が始まるころに吹く風。
① 食肉目ネコ科ネコ属に属する哺乳類、学名Felis nigripes。
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
kurofuda; type of Japanese playing cards
charring; something charred
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
to blacken; to become black
to blacken; to become black
blackness; deep black
black and white string
squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis)
black grouse (Tetrao tetrix); blackcock (male black grouse); greyhen (female black grouse)
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
Caulerpa scalpelliformis (species of green alga)
black chestnut (horse coat color)
steel gray (horse coat color); steel grey
tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
Central American cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti)
wild carrot (Daucus carota); Queen Anne's lace
Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold
black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast)
East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii); black sea turtle
cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus); monk vulture; Eurasian black vulture; European black vulture
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish
western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus); black-faced kangaroo; mallee kangaroo; sooty kangaroo
Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
cavolo nero (cultivar of Brassica oleracea acephala); lacinato kale; Tuscan kale; black kale
black registration plate with yellow characters (used for business use light motor vehicles)
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
black crushing; black clipping; loss of dark detail
black turtle bean; black bean
black turtle bean; black bean
black sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Kuroi Station (Niigata)
Kuromata Dam
Kurosawa Station (Yokote)
Examples (25 in total)
Black suits you.
I prefer black.
Is your car black?