色づく

See also: 色付く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いろ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
色付く

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろづ [ìrózúꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [iɾo̞zɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

(いろ)づく • (irozuku) godan (stem (いろ)づき (irozuki), past (いろ)づいた (irozuita))

  1. to change color; to turn color
    (こう)(よう)(じゅ)()(いろ)づく
    kōyōju no ha ga irozuku
    leaves of deciduous trees turn color
    1. to be imbued with a color
    2. to redden; to become red or become more red
  2. to ripen
    リンゴが(いろ)づく()(せつ)
    ringo ga irozuku kisetsu
    the season in which apples ripen
    1. to grow ripe; to become ripe
    2. to cause to ripen; to induce ripening

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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