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
Kanji used
black
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (206 in total)
pitch black
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。
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
black (colour, color)
unbarked lumber
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
① 黒い煙。黒煙。くろけぶり。
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
to blacken; to darken
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
dark; blackish
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
charred; burnt black; scorched black
① 黒い雲。黒雲^(こくうん)。
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
pitch black
black panther
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
① 黒い色で書かれた文字。② 収入が支出を上回ること。
black quartz; morion
large crowd; mass of people
brown bread; rye bread
black ground; black cloth
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
black and white; right and wrong
charred; burnt black; scorched black
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。
① 大豆の一種で外皮の黒いもの。秋の季語。
black ball; black, round sigil; pupil; black candy
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
sunglasses; shady glasses; dark glasses
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
Berkshire pig
black cat
black stone; black (go pieces)
brown sugar syrup
black terracotta; black soil
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
black belt (judo, karate, etc.)
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。
black rim; black edge
black rotary-dial telephone
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
venous blood
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
black shirt; blackshirts
black maple (Acer nigrum)
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
dark bay (horse coat color)
blackish green
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
stout; dark beer; porter's ale
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
① 黒毛の熊。つきのわぐまの別称。その毛皮。
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
black tinge; black colour; black color; (arch.) black part; (arch.) dark spot
hydrilla (species of aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata); Papenfussiella kuromo (species of brown algae)
black mole; beauty mark
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
black cattle
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
mourning borders
black spot; black speck
black spot; black speck
black spot; black speck
black crested garment
rye (Secale cereale)
reddish brown tinged with black
to blacken (something); to make something black; to talk wrong into right
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
black to play (in go)
black diamond
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
sable (Martes zibellina)
thick black silk from Hachijo Island
black lustre; black luster
spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black sesame (seeds)
black diamond; carbon; carbonado
black "ro" silk gauze
black level (image)
black sealing ink; black stamp pad
black mole; beauty mark
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans)
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine
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。
black mold (Aspergillus niger); black mould
black crested garment
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black goods; consumer electronics products
black cataract; amaurosis
kurofuda; type of Japanese playing cards
brown sugar syrup
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
① 梅雨が始まるころに吹く風。
charring; something charred
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
① タイ科に分類される魚の一種。学名:Acanthopagrus schlegelii。別名、ちぬ。
black spot; black speck
black spot; black speck
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
Rubus mesogaeus (species of blackberry)
eastern reef heron
black cataract; amaurosis
squid chopped, salted and mixed in its own ink
black and white string
to blacken; to become black
to blacken; to become black
blackness; deep black
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
crumbly black topsoil; porous hardened lava
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)
black crushing; black clipping; loss of dark detail
black turtle bean; black bean
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
black turtle bean; black bean
black turtle bean; black bean
sake lees with black or brown specks (from oxidation enzymes produced by the yeast)
black chestnut (horse coat color)
steel gray (horse coat color); steel grey
blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum)
Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
Japanese buckthorn (Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens)
Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis)
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
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
Vespula flaviceps (species of yellowjacket)
smoky brown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa); smokybrown cockroach
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara)
wild carrot (Daucus carota); Queen Anne's lace
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
common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark
Central American cacomistle (Bassariscus sumichrasti)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus); black-faced kangaroo; mallee kangaroo; sooty kangaroo
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena); ragged lady; fennelflower; nigella
East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii); black sea turtle
Caulerpa scalpelliformis (species of green alga)
blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish
Bombus ignitus (species of bumblebee)
Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)
Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)
black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
black grouse (Tetrao tetrix); blackcock (male black grouse); greyhen (female black grouse)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
snake mackerel (Gempylus serpens)
black cow-tongue (species of tonguefish, Paraplagusia japonica)
black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
parasitic jaeger; Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus); monk vulture; Eurasian black vulture; European black vulture
Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae); Ryukyu eyelid gecko
black sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Kuroi Station (Niigata)
Kurosawa Station (Yokote)
Examples (25 in total)
Black suits you.
I prefer black.
Is your car black?