ブラックburakku

1. no-adjectiveblack
2. nounblack (coffee)
   コーヒーはどんなふうにしましょうか。濃こいブラックがいいですか。↗

   How do you like your coffee? Strong and black?
3. prenominal modifier, na-adjectiveexploitative (company); overly harsh; abusive; oppressive; unethical
4. nounboldface; blackface; heavy-faced type

• Synonym黒くろNeutralThe native word for the colour, as in 「黒のスーツ」, and for guilt, as in 「彼は黒だ」. Far more common; 「ブラック」 leans toward coffee and exploitative companies.
• Synonym黒色くろいろNeutralRefers to the colour black itself, mainly in colour descriptions; used less often than 「黒」. Does not cover black coffee or an exploitative company.
• Related真っ黒まっくろCasualColloquial and emphatic: pitch black, as in 「真っ黒に日焼け」. 「ブラック」 does not express degree of darkness.
• Related墨染めすみぞめWrittenWritten/formal prose: the ink-black of dyeing, or a priest's black robes or mourning dress; carries Buddhist overtones.
• Related涅色くりいろWrittenWritten/formal prose: a black like sediment at the bottom of a still pond; an old colour name, rarely seen today.
• AntonymホワイトNeutralThe loanword for white, the colour opposite of 「ブラック」; 「ホワイト企業」 is the opposite of 「ブラック企業」.

「ブラック」 covers the colour, black coffee, and exploitative companies, as in 「ブラックコーヒー」 and 「ブラック企業」; for the plain colour 「黒」 is more common. Pitch black is 「真っ黒」; the opposite is 「ホワイト」.

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1. 黒くろ。黒色くろいろ。
2. 黒人こくじん。黒色こくしょく人種じんしゅ。
3. コーヒーにミルクや砂糖さとうなどを入いれていないこと。またそのコーヒー。ブラックコーヒー。
4. 語ごの前まえにつき、黒くろい、暗くらい、不正ふせいな、過酷かこくで抑圧よくあつ的てきななどの意味いみを表あらわす。
5. 黒くろい、暗くらい、不正ふせいな、過酷かこくで抑圧よくあつ的てきな。