Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 黒くろ と 出で る the verdict/result comes out as 'guilty'
As a result of the investigation, he was found guilty.
黒くろ を 打う つ to place a black stone (in Go)
The first player placed a black stone.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 黒くろ が 似に 合あ う black suits someone (as a color)
黒くろ か 白しろ か whether it's guilty or innocent (a black-and-white judgment)
We still don't know whether he's guilty or innocent.
Expressions 白しろ 黒くろ をつける settle a matter; determine right or wrong; make clear 這は っても 黒くろ 豆まめ insisting one is right even after being proven wrong 頭あたま の 黒くろ いネズミ workplace thief; embezzler; untrustworthy person 墨すみ に 染そ まれば 黒くろ くなる people are shaped by their environment; walk with the wise and become wise Related words 黒 is the everyday, casual word for black, while 黒色 sounds more formal or technical, often appearing in descriptions of objects or specifications.
黒 is the native Japanese word for black used in everyday and traditional contexts, while ブラック is a loanword favored in modern, commercial, or specialized settings such as coffee menus and typography.
Opposites 黒 is black (or guilt), while 白 is its direct opposite, white (or innocence), especially in the phrase 黒と白 .
黒 is the standard opposite color to 白 , forming the basic white/black pair.
黒 (black) is the direct opposite of ホワイト (white) as a color term.
Word family· 232 black · dark; blackish; sun-tanned · suspicious; illicit; criminal · sooty; blackened with dirt; covered in grime · evil; wicked; black-hearted · inauspicious; ill-boding; unlucky
black hair
black and white; monochrome · good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
black curtain · wirepuller; mastermind; éminence grise
pitch black; completely black
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in the black; surplus · black letter
black (color)
blackhead · dark discoloration; blackening; tarnish
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye · loss; defeat; failure
pupil and dark iris; dark part of the eye
black hair; black fur · black-haired horse
darkish; blackish; dark
black soybean
malicious; scheming; black-hearted · cruel; sly; black-hearted
black ground; black cloth
black and white · right and wrong; black and white; rights and wrongs of a matter
black stone · black go stone; black (go pieces)
charred; burnt black; scorched black
Pacific bluefin tuna
brown bread; rye bread
unrefined brown sugar; muscovado
black rim; black edge
black luster; black sheen; glossy black
blacken; darken; become blackish
darkish; dusky; murky
dark beer; stout; porter
large crowd; mass of people
Japanese black pine; black pine
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye · middle dot; interpunct
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Written forms 黒くろ Usage 94%
Standard kanji spelling for the color black and its extended meanings.
クロ Usage 4%
くろ Usage 1%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the color or guilt nuance is emphasized without kanji.
Etymology Native Japanese word for black. The kanji 黒 is a pictograph of a person with a tattooed face, historically associated with darkness or blackness.
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