This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Japanese. Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Japanese“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

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Colors

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)
Japanese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
light / clear明るいあかるいakarui
dark暗いくらいkurai
colorcolorいろiro
coloredcolored色のついたいろのついたiro no tsuita
whitewhiteしろshiro
blackblackくろkuro
yellowyellow黄色きいろkiiro
orangeorangeオレンジオレンジorenji
redredあかaka
pinkpinkピンクぴんくpinku
violetvioletスミレ色すみれいろsumire iro
blueblueあおao
greengreenみどりmidori
brownbrown茶色ちゃいろchairo
greygrey灰色はいいろhai iro

Appearance & attributes

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)
Japanese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
new新しいあたらしいatarashii
old古いふるいfurui
small小さいちいさいchiisai
large / big大きいおおきいookii
young若いわかいwakai
kind / pleasant優しいやさしいyasashii
unkind / unpleasant不親切なふしんせつなfushinsetsu na
patient患者かんじゃkanjya
tall (When talking about people)背が高いせがたかいsegatakai
middle sized (When talking about people)中くらいのサイズちゅうくらいのさいずchuukurai no saizu
small (When talking about people)小さいちいさいchiisai
fat太ったふとったfutotta
thin / slim細いほそいhosoi
nice / pretty初めまして!はじめまして!hajimemashite!
beautiful美しいうつくしいutsukushii
ugly醜いみにくいminikui
ill / sick病気びょうきbyouki
healthy健康なけんこうなkenkou na
happy / cheerful幸せなしあわせなshiawase na
sad悲しいかなしいkanashii
sportyスポーティーなすぽーてぃーなsupohtie na
ambitioned志のあるこころざしのあるkokorozashi noaru
intelligentインテリないんてりなinteri na
creative創造的なそうぞうてきなsouzouteki na
active活動的なかつどうてきなkatsudouteki na
sentimentalセンチメンタルなせんちめんたるなsenchimentaru na
rational理性的なりせいてきなriseiteki na
emotional感情的なかんじょうてきなkanjyouteki na
natural自然なしぜんなshizenna
romanticロマンティックなろまんちっくなromanchikku na
nice / amiable可愛いかわいいkawaii
spontaneous自発的なじはつてきなjihatsuteki na
energeticエネルギッシュなえねるぎっしゅなenerugissyu na
stressed (out)ストレス疲れしたすとれすづかれしたsutoresu zukareshita
relaxedリラックスしたりらっくすしたrirakkusu shita
frustratedイライラしたいらいらしたiraira shita
talented才能のあるさいのうのあるsainou no aru

Questions & phrases

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)
Japanese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?彼はどんな感じですか?かれは、どんなかんじですか?kare wa donna kanji desuka?
What does she look like?彼女はどんな感じですか?かのじょは、どんなかんじですか?kanojyo wa donna kanji desuka?
What is he like?彼はどんな人ですか?かれは、どんなひとですか?kare wa donna hito desuka?
What is she like?彼女はどんな人ですか?かのじょは、どんなひとですか?kanojyo wa donna hito desuka?

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