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黒 くろ N5

  1. black
  2. black stone
  3. guilt; guilty person

黒い くろい N5

  1. black
  2. blackish; dark; sun-tanned (skin)
  3. criminal; illicit; suspicious
  4. covered in dirt; darkened and dirty; sooty
  5. black-hearted; evil; wicked
  6. ill-boding; inauspicious; unlucky

黒板 こくばん N3

  1. blackboard

黒字 くろじ N1

  1. (being in) the black; surplus
  2. black letter

黒い霧 くろいきり

  1. black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.; thick fog (of suspicion)

黒っぽい くろっぽい

  1. blackish; dark

黒人 こくじん

  1. black person
  2. demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes; woman in the nightlife business

黒子 ほくろ

  1. beauty mark; beauty spot; lentigo; mole

黒幕 くろまく

  1. black curtain
  2. backroom manipulator; mastermind; power broker; wirepuller; éminence grise

黒星 くろぼし

  1. black dot; black spot; bull's-eye
  2. mark indicating a defeat
  3. failure; faux pas; loss; mistake
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