彩色|さいしきsaishiki[0]heiban (flat)
さいしょくsaishoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbcolouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 彩色する（さいしきする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 彩色します（さいしきします） |
| Negative (nai) | 彩色しない（さいしきしない） |
| polite (masen) | 彩色しません（さいしきしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 彩色せず・彩色せぬ（さいしきせず・さいしきせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 彩色した（さいしきした） |
| polite (mashita) | 彩色しました（さいしきしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 彩色しなかった（さいしきしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 彩色しませんでした（さいしきしませんでした） |
| Te form | 彩色して（さいしきして） |
| Potential | 彩色できる（さいしきできる） |
| Passive | 彩色される（さいしきされる） |
| Causative | 彩色させる（さいしきさせる） |
| Causative passive | 彩色させられる（さいしきさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 彩色すれば（さいしきすれば） |
| tara | 彩色したら（さいしきしたら） |
| Volitional | 彩色しよう（さいしきしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 彩色しましょう（さいしきしましょう） |
| Imperative | 彩色しろ（さいしきしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym彩りいろどりNeutralColour coordination and decorative touches, also figuratively adding brilliance; stresses aesthetic effect, while 「彩色」 is the process of applying colour.
- Synonym色彩しきさいNeutralColour itself, also figuratively a tendency or characteristic; centres on the colours rather than the act of colouring.
- Synonym着色ちゃくしょくNeutralColouring or dyeing, as in 「着色料」; leans technical and is common in food contexts.
- Synonym彩るいろどるNeutralVerb for colouring, also applying make-up or adorning; stresses beautifying and decoration over the colouring process.
- Synonym染めるそめるNeutralVerb for dyeing by soaking in dye; stresses immersion in dye rather than applying colour.
- Synonym色付けいろづけNeutralColloquial word for adding colour; also used figuratively for adding polish or flavour.
- Related色合いいろあいNeutralA shade or hue, also a nuance or feel; stresses the subtle tone of a colour, not the act of colouring something.
- Related塗装とそうNeutralIndustrial painting or spray coating, serving both decoration and protection; 「彩色」 is said of colouring paintings and crafts.
- Related色艶いろつやNeutralColour and lustre, said mostly of skin or fruit; stresses sheen rather than colouring.
- Related染め付けるそめつけるNeutralVerb for dyeing patterns into cloth; stresses the cloth-dyeing craft.
- Related呈色ていしょくWrittenWritten/formal term for a substance showing a colour of its own, common in chemistry and mineralogy; 「彩色」 is colour deliberately applied to something.
- Relatedペンキ塗りペンキぬりNeutralApplying paint, mostly to walls and fences; stresses the painting job itself.
- Related絵取るえどるWrittenWritten/formal prose verb for colouring in a picture or retracing lines; rarely used.
- Related色付けるいろづけるNeutralColloquial verb for adding or changing colour; fairly rare.
- Antonym白黒しろくろNeutralBlack and white, monochrome — a colour state; it contrasts with 「彩色」 as colouring but is not the opposite of the act of colouring.
For colouring paintings, statues and crafts, use 「彩色」 (read さいしき), as in 「彩色を施す」. For aesthetic embellishment say 「彩り」, for technical colouring 「着色」, for painting and coating 「塗装」. Uncoloured black-and-white or monochrome is 「白黒」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 色を付けること。
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