"いろ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: iro [romanization]
Etymology: Reading of various kanji terms. Head templates: {{ja-noun}} いろ • (iro)
  1. 井路: a waterway or other conduit for water to be used for drinking, agriculture, etc.
    Sense id: en-いろ-ja-noun-TaiGPrTF
  2. 色: color
    Sense id: en-いろ-ja-noun-JQp~G9J1
  3. 倚廬: temporary housing in which an emperor resides during the period of mourning following the death of the emperor's father Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-いろ-ja-noun-ddz6CAXK Disambiguation of Family: 1 0 96 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Prefix

Forms: iro- [romanization]
Etymology: /iro₂/ → /iro/ From Old Japanese. First cited in ancient texts such as the Kojiki of 712. Cognate with いら (ira). Appears to be distinct from 色 (⟨iro₂⟩ → iro, “color”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|いら|tr=ira}} いら (ira), {{m|ja|色||color|tr=⟨iro₂⟩ → iro}} 色 (⟨iro₂⟩ → iro, “color”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix}} いろ • (iro-)
  1. kinship through the same mother Tags: morpheme Derived forms: いろは (iroha) (english: one's birth mother), いろ背 (irose) (ruby: ()) (english: a sibling from the same mother), いろね (irone) (english: a sibling from the same mother), いろ兄 (iroe) (ruby: ()) (english: an older brother from the same mother), いろと (iroto) (english: a younger sibling from the same mother), いろも (iromo) (english: a younger sister from the same mother)
    Sense id: en-いろ-ja-prefix-d0uptAOK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 21 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 2 20 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 2 20 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for いろ meaning in Japanese (3.8kB)

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