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黒, くろ
May take 'no'
1. black
go (game)
2. black stone
3. guilt, guilty person
２匹犬を飼っているが、１匹は白でもう１匹は黒だ。
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黒人, こくじん
1. black person
See 玄人・2, Archaism
2. woman in the nightlife business, demimondaine, geisha and prostitutes
マーテイン・ルーサー・キング・ジュニアは、黒人牧師を父として生まれた。
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黒い, くろい
1. black
2. dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin)
3. suspicious, criminal, illicit
4. darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt
5. evil, wicked, black-hearted
ナンシーはヘレンよりもほんのすこし色が黒い。
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玄人, 黒人, くろうと, くろと
Antonym: 素人・しろうと・1
1. expert, professional, master, connoisseur
See 素人・2
2. woman in the nightlife business, demimondaine, geisha and prostitutes
彼は玄人にちかい。
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めぐろ, 目黒, メグロ
Only めぐろ
1. Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo)
Usually in kana
2. Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
白黒, しろくろ
May take 'no'
1. black and white, monochrome
2. good and evil, right and wrong, guilt and innocence
ジェーンは、白黒をはっきりさせる人です。
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黒星, くろぼし
1. black spot, black dot, bull's-eye
See 負け星・まけぼし, Sumo term
2. mark indicating a defeat
3. loss, failure, mistake, faux pas
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黒幕, くろまく
1. black curtain
2. wirepuller, mastermind, backroom manipulator, éminence grise, power broker
私は誰が黒幕か知っている。
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大黒柱, だいこくばしら
1. central pillar (of a building)
2. mainstay (e.g. of an economy), backbone (e.g. of a family), provider, main man
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くろねこ, 黒猫, 黒ネコ, クロネコ
1. black cat
trademark, Usually in kana, usu. クロネコ
2. Yamato Transport (door-to-door delivery service company)
テーブルの下には黒猫がいた。
黒猫, くろねこ
work of art, literature, music
The Black Cat (1843 short story by Edgar Allan Poe)
テーブルの下には黒猫がいた。
黒塗り, 黒塗, くろぬり
May take 'no'
1. blackened, black-painted, black-lacquered, blacked out
2. blackened thing
黒塗りのリムジンがキーというタイヤの音と共に角を曲がった。
黒船, くろふね
historical term
1. black ships, Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853
2. foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market), product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market