真っ白

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
しろ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
眞っ白 (kyūjitai)
真白
まっ白

Etymology

From 真っ (ma'-, truly) + (shiro, white).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っし [màsshíꜜrò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɕːiɾo̞]

Adjective

()(しろ) • (masshiro) -na (adnominal ()(しろ) (masshiro na), adverbial ()(しろ) (masshiro ni))

  1. pure white, snow-white, perfectly white

Inflection

Noun

()(しろ) • (masshiro) 

  1. pure whiteness

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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