しょく
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for colours
Kanji used
color
Pitch accent
しょ
しょ
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Used in vocabulary (122 in total)
scenery; scene; landscape
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
golden (colour, color)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
red (color, colour)
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
same color; same colour
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
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
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
yellow-green; pea green
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
dark colour; dark color
colouring; coloring; colorant
warm colour; warm color
weather; sky colour; sky color
shades of night; night scene
protective coloration; protective colouration; camouflage
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
single colour (color); monochrome
grayish white; greyish white
bronze or copper (color, colour)
looks; features; beauty
wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
expression; complexion
cold color; cold colour
scarlet; deep crimson
similar color; similar colour
light blue; ice blue; sky blue; powder blue
flame (color, colour); flame scarlet; bright reddish; orange
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
pale yellow; light yellow
healthy complexion
pure color (colour); saturated color
many colors; many colours
warning color; warning colour
mood; humor; humour; looks; countenance
colored; coloured
international character
wit and beauty
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
yellowish-white; pale yellow
one's real character
political tone; political flavour (flavor)
aposematic coloration (colouration)
complementary color; complementary colour
fashionable color; fashionable colour
uniqueness; individuality
compound color; compound colour
bright (light) colour (color)
deep color (colour)
mind and composure
characteristics of an age
clashing colors; clashing colours
pure white; snow white
daylight color; daylight colour
local color; local colour
wartime appearance
traditional Japanese colours (colors); addition color
traditional colour (color)
fawning look (on one's face); servile look; (arch.) good complexion
primary colors; primary colours
regional colour (color); regional flavour (flavor)
one's speech and appearance
nuptial coloration (colouration)
colour of water (esp. in rivers, lakes, sea); scenery of rivers, lakes, etc.; light blue; pale blue
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)
discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)
mixing colors; mixing colours; tone
characteristic colour of a pure mineral (color)
two-color; two-colour; dichromatic
predominant color; predominant colour
development; developing (color)
cryptic coloration (colouration); camouflage
inferiority
three primary colors (colours); trichromatic
sweet bread with three different fillings
complementary color; complementary colour
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
color-sensitivity; colour-sensitivity
registration black (in printing)
registration black (in printing)
reduced colours; reduced colors
lechery; philandering; lewdness; debauchery
saturated color (colour)
(ink) vehicle; base; medium
Examples (2 in total)
The rainbow has seven colors.
Traffic lights have three colours: red, amber and green.