"白い" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ɕiɾo̞i]
Etymology: Modern form of Old Japanese adjective しろし (shiroshi). ⟨siro₁si⟩ (classical 終止形 (shūshikei) or terminal form) → ⟨siro₁ki₁⟩ (classical 連体形 (rentaikei) or attributive form) → /siroi/ (modern shūshikei and rentaikei) An intervocalic sound-change caused the medial plosive /-k-/ to undergo voicing, then spirantization, then gliding, then being dropped, before /-i, -u, -e, -o/ (Hamano, 2000). ⟨siro₁ki₁⟩ → */sirʷokʲi/ → */sirʷogʲi/ → */sirʷoɣi/ → */sirʷoji/ → /siroi/ → [ɕiɾo̞i]. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しろい}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|しろし|tr=shiroshi}} しろし (shiroshi), {{IPAfont|⟨siro₁si⟩}} ⟨siro₁si⟩, {{m|ja|終止形|tr=shūshikei}} 終止形 (shūshikei), {{IPAfont|⟨siro₁ki₁⟩}} ⟨siro₁ki₁⟩, {{m|ja|連体形|tr=rentaikei}} 連体形 (rentaikei), {{IPAfont|/siroi/}} /siroi/, {{IPAfont|/-k-/}} /-k-/, {{IPAfont|⟨siro₁ki₁⟩}} ⟨siro₁ki₁⟩, {{IPAfont|/sirʷokʲi/}} /sirʷokʲi/, {{IPAfont|/sirʷogʲi/}} /sirʷogʲi/, {{IPAfont|/sirʷoɣi/}} /sirʷoɣi/, {{IPAfont|/sirʷoji/}} /sirʷoji/, {{IPAfont|/siroi/}} /siroi/, {{IPAfont|􂀿ɕiɾo̞i􂁀}} [ɕiɾo̞i] Head templates: {{ja-adj|しろい|infl=i}} 白(しろ)い • (shiroi) -i (adverbial 白(しろ)く (shiroku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=しろ|lemma=白|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 白い [canonical] (ruby: (しろ)), shiroi [romanization], 白く [adverbial] (ruby: (しろ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 白かろ [imperfective, stem], しろかろ [imperfective, stem], shirokaro [imperfective], 白く [continuative, stem], しろく [continuative, stem], shiroku [continuative], 白い [stem, terminative], しろい [stem, terminative], shiroi [terminative], 白い [attributive, stem], しろい [attributive, stem], shiroi [attributive], 白けれ [hypothetical, stem], しろけれ [hypothetical, stem], shirokere [hypothetical], 白かれ [imperative, stem], しろかれ [imperative, stem], shirokare [imperative], 白くない [informal, negative], しろくない [informal, negative], shiroku nai [informal, negative], 白かった [informal, past], しろかった [informal, past], shirokatta [informal, past], 白くなかった [informal, negative, past], しろくなかった [informal, negative, past], shiroku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 白いです [formal], しろいです [formal], shiroi desu [formal], 白くないです [formal, negative], しろくないです [formal, negative], shiroku nai desu [formal, negative], 白かったです [formal, past], しろかったです [formal, past], shirokatta desu [formal, past], 白くなかったです [formal, negative, past], しろくなかったです [formal, negative, past], shiroku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 白くて [conjunctive], しろくて [conjunctive], shirokute [conjunctive], 白ければ [conditional], しろければ [conditional], shirokereba [conditional], 白かったら [conditional, past], しろかったら [conditional, past], shirokattara [conditional, past], 白かろう [volitional], しろかろう [volitional], shirokarō [volitional], 白く [adverbial], しろく [adverbial], shiroku [adverbial], 白さ [noun-from-adj], しろさ [noun-from-adj], shirosa [noun-from-adj]
  1. white Categories (topical): Colors, Whites

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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "しろし",
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  "etymology_text": "Modern form of Old Japanese adjective しろし (shiroshi).\n⟨siro₁si⟩ (classical 終止形 (shūshikei) or terminal form) → ⟨siro₁ki₁⟩ (classical 連体形 (rentaikei) or attributive form) → /siroi/ (modern shūshikei and rentaikei)\nAn intervocalic sound-change caused the medial plosive /-k-/ to undergo voicing, then spirantization, then gliding, then being dropped, before /-i, -u, -e, -o/ (Hamano, 2000).\n⟨siro₁ki₁⟩ → */sirʷokʲi/ → */sirʷogʲi/ → */sirʷoɣi/ → */sirʷoji/ → /siroi/ → [ɕiɾo̞i].",
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          "白",
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        ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "白かろ",
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    {
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        "stem"
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    },
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    {
      "form": "しろい",
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    {
      "form": "shiroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "白い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "しろかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "shirokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "しろ",
        "lemma": "白",
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        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
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            "Energy",
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            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
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            "Vision",
            "Energy",
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            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human"
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        "white"
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    {
      "other": "しろい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕiɾo̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "白い"
}
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        "1": "/siroi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/siroi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/-k-/"
      },
      "expansion": "/-k-/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "⟨siro₁ki₁⟩"
      },
      "expansion": "⟨siro₁ki₁⟩",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/sirʷokʲi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/sirʷokʲi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/sirʷogʲi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/sirʷogʲi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/sirʷoɣi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/sirʷoɣi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/sirʷoji/"
      },
      "expansion": "/sirʷoji/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "/siroi/"
      },
      "expansion": "/siroi/",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "􂀿ɕiɾo̞i􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "[ɕiɾo̞i]",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Modern form of Old Japanese adjective しろし (shiroshi).\n⟨siro₁si⟩ (classical 終止形 (shūshikei) or terminal form) → ⟨siro₁ki₁⟩ (classical 連体形 (rentaikei) or attributive form) → /siroi/ (modern shūshikei and rentaikei)\nAn intervocalic sound-change caused the medial plosive /-k-/ to undergo voicing, then spirantization, then gliding, then being dropped, before /-i, -u, -e, -o/ (Hamano, 2000).\n⟨siro₁ki₁⟩ → */sirʷokʲi/ → */sirʷogʲi/ → */sirʷoɣi/ → */sirʷoji/ → /siroi/ → [ɕiɾo̞i].",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "白い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "白",
          "しろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白く",
      "roman": "shiroku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "白",
          "しろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroi desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirokarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiroku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "白さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "しろさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shirosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しろい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "白(しろ)い • (shiroi) -i (adverbial 白(しろ)く (shiroku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "しろ",
        "lemma": "白",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese adjectives",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
        "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
        "Japanese い-i adjectives",
        "Pages with raw sortkeys",
        "ja:Colors",
        "ja:JLPT-5",
        "ja:Whites"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "white"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しろい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕiɾo̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "白い"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "白い"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "白い",
  "trace": ""
}

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