しら
Meanings
Prefix
1. white
2. unseasoned; undyed; unaltered
3. very much; precisely
4. playing dumb
Adjective (な)
Noun
5. unfeigned; honest; diligent
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
white snow
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
white sandy beach
white bird; swan
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
glistening dew
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
white feather
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
white lily
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
to polish (rice); to refine; to purify
disenchantment; apathy; spoiled fun; turn-off
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
(plain) hot water; boiled water
soft roe; milt; albino
quercus myrsinifolia; bamboo Leaved Oak; quercus myrsinaefolia
white sail
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
drawn sword; naked sword
white clouds
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
white sand
white-coloured skin; vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
light brown; white tea
white thread
seafood grilled without seasoning; unglazed ceramic ware
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
white bush clover; Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
white spot
(arch.) starched white uniform worn by menservants of government officials; something pasted with plain white paper (e.g. umbrella, lantern)
woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute
flea-bitten gray (horse coat color); flea-bitten grey
pale cyan; pale azure
dried bamboo; white bamboo
Japanese wood poppy (Glaucidium palmatum)
Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto); collared dove
Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)
binding of plates with white laces (in traditional suits of armor)
light chestnut (horse coat color)
shrill voice; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting; part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)
Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
steamed unflavoured glutinous rice; mochi rice
collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
Parnassia foliosa (species of flowering herb)
Shirasawa Station (Kagoshima)