Japanese Language Vocabulary List: All About Colors (色彩)

こんばんわぁ、みんな、今回の授業は単語です、さあ、楽しんでいこうぜ。Hello everyone, welcome back to JLO (Japanese Learning Online) blog^^. konkai no jugyou wa tango no benkyou desu^^ today's lesson is learning vocabulary and the category of the vocabulary list for today is all about colors such as blue, white, black, red, green, etc. Learn vocabulary by category is one way to learn vocabulary effectively, because if we memorize words by category, our brain will link the words like a chain. Therefore, I always share vocabularies in this blog by category^^.

Well, shall we start the lesson? Okey, let's begin, the following table is the list of vocabulary about colors. Let's check it out:

Japanese Vocabulary List: Colors (色彩)
Japanese	Romaji	English
色彩 / 色	shikisai	color
ピンク	pinku	pink
暗色	anshoku	dark color
明色	meishoku	light color
黄色	kiiro	yellow
金色	kiniro/konjiki	gold
銀色	giniro	silver
黒い	kuroi	black
紫	murasaki	purple
青い	aoi	blue
水色	mizuiro	sky blue/light blue
赤い	akai	red
赤紫	akamurasaki	purplish red
茶色	chairo	brown
白い	shiroi	white
緑	midori	green
オレンジ色	orenjiiro	orange
橙色	daidaiiro	orange
桃色	momoiro	peach
真っ赤	makka	deep red
真っ白	masshiro	pure white
真っ黒	makkuro	pitch black
真っ青	massao	deep blue
濃紺	noukon	dark blue
灰色	haiiro	grey
グレー	guree	grey
紺	kon	navy blue
リラ	rira	lira
紅	kurenai	crimson
彩る	irodoru	to color

*In Japanese, you would say 青信号 aoshingou (literally means blue traffic light) to say green traffic light, similarly with green forest, you would say 青森=aomori (literally means blue forest) not midorimori^^
*For 金色 can be read in two ways, kin'iro and konjiki

私は赤と黒が好きです
watashi wa aka toka kuro ga suki desu
I like red and black
あなたの好きな色が何ですか
anata no suki na iro ga nandesu ka
what is your favorite colors?

Mina-san, kyou no jugyou wa koko made, alright, today's class is over, and we will continue to learn Japanese language lesson tomorrow^^, if you have a vocabulary about the color, please tell us through comment form^^. Jaa mata ashita ne see you all tomorrow.

Posted by Riizhu

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