(きいろ)

きいろ
noun / no-adjective
yellow
1. yellow
The color yellow.
黄色(きいろ)(はな)
Yellow flowers.
The traffic light turned yellow.
Yellow is my favorite color.
黄色(きいろ)バナナ()です
I like yellow bananas.
When autumn comes, the leaves turn yellow.

黄色(きいろ) is one of the basic Japanese color words.

MULTIPLE FORMS:

NOTE: Unlike most colors, 黄色(きいろ) can become an i-adjective (黄色(きいろ)い).

EXPRESSIONS:

  • 黄色(きいろ)(こえ): shrill voice (of excited women/children)

BASIC COLORS: (あか), (あお), 黄色(きいろ), (しろ), (くろ), (みどり).