ショク
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for colours
There are only twelve colors!
2. color; colour; colouring
It was a dress with white as its base color.
3. (outward) appearance; look; air; manner
4. (facial) expression; face; looks; countenance
5. tendency; inclination
Events these days are far too commercial.
6. lust; (sexual) desire
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (126 in total)
same color; same colour
complementary color; complementary colour
scenery; scene; landscape
gold (colour, color)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
seven colours (of the rainbow); prismatic colors
red; crimson; vermilion
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
milk-white; milky
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
yellow-green; pea green
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
male homosexuality; sodomy
male homosexuality; sodomy
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
dark colour; dark color
colouring; coloring; colorant
shades of night; night scene
warm colour; warm color
weather; sky colour; sky color
color (of an animal); body color
protective coloration; protective colouration; camouflage
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
inferiority
bronze color; copper color
single colour (color); monochrome
wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation
grayish white; greyish white
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
flame (color, colour); flame scarlet; bright reddish; orange
scarlet; deep crimson
expression; complexion
bronze; bronzed
cold color; cold colour
similar color; similar colour
religious atmosphere
pale yellow; light yellow
light blue; ice blue; sky blue; powder blue
bright red; bright scarlet
pure color (colour); saturated color
warning color; warning colour
healthy complexion
many colors; many colours
international character
colored (skin); coloured; non-white; having color; colored; coloured
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
mixed colour (color); compound colour (color)
local color; local colour
intermediate color; intermediate colour; neutral color or tint; neutral colour
yellowish-white; pale yellow
aposematic coloration (colouration)
political tone; political flavour (flavor)
natural colour; natural color; technicolor
complementary color; complementary colour
one's real character
uniqueness; individuality
mood; humor; humour; looks; countenance
fashionable color; fashionable colour
intrinsic colour
bright (light) colour (color)
structural color
deep color (colour)
compound color; compound colour
mind and composure
pure white; snow white
indigo blue; azurite blue
clashing colors; clashing colours
daylight color; daylight colour
characteristics of an age
wit and beauty
local color; local colour
wartime appearance
regional colour (color); regional flavour (flavor)
traditional Japanese colours (colors); addition color
traditional colour (color)
spotted color; mottled color
primary colors; primary colours
one's speech and appearance
nuptial coloration (colouration)
colour of water (esp. in rivers, lakes, sea); scenery of rivers, lakes, etc.; light blue; pale blue
four-color problem; four-color map problem
four-color problem; four-color map problem
discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)
two-color; two-colour; dichromatic
fawning look (on one's face); servile look; (arch.) good complexion
mixing colors; toning
how many colours
lechery; philandering; lewdness; debauchery
four-color theorem; four-color map theorem
four-color theorem; four-color map theorem
isochromatic
predominant color; predominant colour
cryptic coloration (colouration); camouflage
characteristic colour of a pure mineral (color)
development; developing (color)
brassy yellow
military character
color-sensitivity; colour-sensitivity
reduced colours; reduced colors
So many people, so many minds; Everyone has his own ideas and tastes; It takes all sorts to make a world; To each his (her) own
general colour
saturated color (colour)
registration black (in printing)
(ink) vehicle; base; medium
extended colors; extended colours
color comparison
memory color; memory colour
memory color; memory colour
Examples (9 in total)
The rainbow has seven colors.
There are only twelve colors!
And there are only six colors, too.