シラ
Meanings
Prefix
1. white
2. unseasoned; undyed; unaltered
3. very much; precisely
4. playing dumb
Adjective (な)
Noun
5. unfeigned; honest; diligent
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (57 in total)
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
white feather
white snow
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
white lily
disenchantment; apathy; spoiled fun; turn-off
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto); collared dove
white clouds
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
white sandy beach
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
quercus myrsinifolia; bamboo Leaved Oak; quercus myrsinaefolia
pale cyan; pale azure
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
drawn sword; naked sword
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
white background; blank
(plain) hot water; boiled water
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
white plaster wall
white sand
albino
glistening dew
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
white-coloured skin; vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
white thread
white sail
white tea
seafood grilled without seasoning; unglazed ceramic ware
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
white bush clover; Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
(arch.) starched white uniform worn by menservants of government officials; something pasted with plain white paper (e.g. umbrella, lantern)
white spot
woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute
flea-bitten gray (horse coat color); flea-bitten grey
Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)
Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
light chestnut (horse coat color)
shrill voice; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting; part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)
steamed unflavoured glutinous rice; mochi rice