しら
Meanings
Prefix
1. white
2. unseasoned; undyed; unaltered
3. very much; precisely
4. playing dumb
Adjective (な)
Noun
5. unfeigned; honest; diligent
Kanji used
white
Pitch accent
Top 47000
Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
drawn sword; naked sword
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
white feather
white clouds
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
white background; blank; female virgin
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
(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
white sandy beach
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
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
soft roe; milt; albino
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
white-coloured skin; vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
glistening dew; "white dew" solar term (approx. September 8)
light brown; white tea
white thread
quercus myrsinifolia; bamboo Leaved Oak; quercus myrsinaefolia
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
white sail
white bush clover; Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
seafood grilled without seasoning; unglazed ceramic ware
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
seafood grilled without seasoning; unglazed ceramic ware
woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute
white spot; bright spot; facula; vitiligo; leukoderma
(arch.) starched white uniform worn by menservants of government officials; something pasted with plain white paper (e.g. umbrella, lantern)
disenchantment; apathy; spoiled fun; turn-off
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
flea-bitten gray (horse coat color); flea-bitten grey
pale cyan; pale azure
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
white-coloured skin; vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
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
to polish (rice); to refine; to purify
shrill voice; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting; part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)
steamed unflavoured glutinous rice; mochi rice
light chestnut (horse coat color)
Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)
Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto); collared dove
Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
Shirasawa Station (Kagoshima)