しょく
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for colours
Pitch accent
しょ
しょ
Used in vocabulary (119 in total)
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
inferiority
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
golden (colour, color)
dark colour; dark color
grayish white; greyish white
flame (color, colour); flame scarlet; bright reddish; orange
colour of water (esp. in rivers, lakes, sea); scenery of rivers, lakes, etc.; light blue; pale blue
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
protective coloration; protective colouration; camouflage
single colour (color); monochrome
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
bronze; bronzed
many colors; many colours
yellowish-white; pale yellow
daylight color; daylight colour
pure white; snow white
scenery; scene; landscape
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
red (color, colour)
disapproval
milk-white; milky
same color; same colour
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
yellow-green; pea green
male homosexuality; sodomy
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
colouring; coloring; colorant
warm colour; warm color
weather; sky colour; sky color
shades of night; night scene
body color
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
bronze or copper (color, colour)
looks; features; beauty
wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
expression; complexion
three primary colors (colours); trichromatic
cold color; cold colour
scarlet; deep crimson
similar color; similar colour
light blue; ice blue; sky blue; powder blue
religious atmosphere
pale yellow; light yellow
healthy complexion
pure color (colour); saturated color
warning color; warning colour
international character
colored; coloured
intermediate color; intermediate colour; neutral color or tint; neutral colour
local color; local colour
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
mixed colour (color); compound colour (color)
natural colour; natural color; technicolor
one's real character
political tone; political flavour (flavor)
aposematic coloration (colouration)
complementary color; complementary colour
fashionable color; fashionable colour
uniqueness; individuality
complementary color; complementary colour
intrinsic colour
structural color
bright (light) colour (color)
deep color (colour)
compound color; compound colour
mind and composure
clashing colors; clashing colours
characteristics of an age
wit and beauty
local color; local colour
wartime appearance
traditional Japanese colours (colors); addition color
traditional colour (color)
primary colors; primary colours
one's speech and appearance
regional colour (color); regional flavour (flavor)
nuptial coloration (colouration)
fawning look (on one's face); servile look; (arch.) good complexion
mood; humor; humour; looks; countenance
mixing colors; mixing colours; tone
four-color theorem (colour) (theorem stating that any map can be colored such that no two adjacent segments have the same color, if only four colors are used)
four-color theorem (colour) (theorem stating that any map can be colored such that no two adjacent segments have the same color, if only four colors are used)
isochromatic
discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)
two-color; two-colour; dichromatic
predominant color; predominant colour
cryptic coloration (colouration); camouflage
development; developing (color)
brassy yellow
military character
lechery; philandering; lewdness; debauchery
color-sensitivity; colour-sensitivity
reduced colours; reduced colors
So many people, so many minds; Everyone has his own ideas and tastes; It takes all sorts to make a world; To each his (her) own
general colour
characteristic colour of a pure mineral (color)
saturated color (colour)
registration black (in printing)
(ink) vehicle; base; medium
Examples (2 in total)
The rainbow has seven colors.
Traffic lights have three colours: red, amber and green.