しろ
Meanings
Noun
1. white
2. innocence; innocent person
3. blank space
4. white go stone
5. white dragon tile
6. skewered grilled pig intestine
Kanji used
white
Pitch accent
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (147 in total)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
white stone; white (go pieces)
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
white horse; unrefined sake
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
white background; blank; female virgin
albino Japanese rat snake
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
grey moustache; white beard
white cloth
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
black and white; right and wrong
something painted white; white makeup (for an actor); painted white
grey moustache; white beard
cooked white rice
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
soft roe; milt; albino
motorcycle police; white-colored police motorcycle
color of water after washing rice (colour)
amusing; funny; interesting
whiteness
termite; white ant
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
whiteness
light brown; white tea
light-brown miso
white elephant
Lindera triloba (species of spicebush)
white label; white tag; white card (in karuta); blank card; honour awarded to samurai in Tosa
ferret; fitch
white sesame seeds
grey moustache; white beard
white rat or mouse
white bean jam; sweet white bean paste
white pig; white person
white bean jam; sweet white bean paste
white collar; white lapel
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
melon cucumber
white clover (Trifolium repens); Dutch clover
termite; white ant
white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
white sesame seeds
any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster
white Lolita (fashion style)
woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute
white spot; bright spot; facula; vitiligo; leukoderma
white sesame seeds
white-lined chipboard
whiteout; overexposure
white cat
tripe; cow rumen; white flesh (of fruit)
white wig, worn by an actor playing a demon (noh)
white goods; large household electrical appliances; (arch.) salt; (arch.) tofu; (arch.) white sake
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean; haricot bean; great northern bean
white spring onion; white scallion
white peafowl (white variety of Indian peafowl)
standard white registration plate with green characters (used for private cars)
snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
unlicensed taxi; unlicensed cab
flea-bitten gray (horse coat color); flea-bitten grey
ferret; fitch
pale cyan; pale azure
first-class ticket
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
white spring onion; white scallion
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean; haricot bean; great northern bean
muscovite; white mica; talc
white kidney bean
termite; white ant
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus); gray nurse shark
pewter; solder
pewter; solder
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean; haricot bean; great northern bean
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean; haricot bean; great northern bean
white goods; large household electrical appliances
Oriental odd-tooth snake (Dinodon orientale); Japanese odd-tooth snake
Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
snow-covered rice paddy; field
to be found innocent
bok choy hybrid (Brassica campestris var. amplexicaulis) (pak choi, bokchoy)
internal organs such as intestines used as food
contract-free mobile phone; unprogrammed cellphone; mobile telephone without an assigned number
visible breath (i.e. when it's cold); frosty breath; white breath
red and white-speckled silica
vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
Choenomeles lagenaria; shiroboke flowering quince
dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow
false virgin's lepidella (Amanita virgineoides)
light chestnut (horse coat color)
Aspergillus kawachii; Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi; white kōji mould, used in shōchū production
snow fungus (Tremella fuciformis); silver ear fungus
jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens); white kerria
white clover (Trifolium repens); Dutch clover
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
beluga (Delphinapterus leucas); white whale; beluga whale
ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)
white person; whitey; honkie
thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana)
white-handed gibbon; lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
pale thrush (Turdus pallidus)
gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
scimitar oryx (Oryx dammah); scimitar-horned oryx
northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
broad velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis lata); shiba shrimp (Metapenaeus joyneri)
broad velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis lata); shiba shrimp (Metapenaeus joyneri)
white fir (Abies concolor)
black marlin (Makaira indica)
eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca)
mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus); Rocky Mountain goat
northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena, species of hammerhead shark)
white sake (presented as an offering to the gods)
ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostitution (Edo period)
Shiromaru Station
Examples (30 in total)
All swans are white.
The color white is a symbol of purity.
My sled is white.