彩る
いろどる · irodoru
To colour, to color, to paint
- to apply make-up
- to decorate, to garnish, to adorn, to add flair
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falls after mora 3 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 彩りますいろどります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 彩りませんいろどりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 彩りましたいろどりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 彩りませんでしたいろどりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 彩りましょういろどりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 彩りいろどり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 彩りたいいろどりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 彩りながらいろどりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 彩っていろどって |
| Plain past (た形) | 彩ったいろどった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 彩ったらいろどったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 彩っているいろどっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 彩らないいろどらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 彩らなかったいろどらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 彩らなくていろどらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 彩れるいろどれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 彩ればいろどれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 彩れいろどれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 彩ろういろどろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 彩られるいろどられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 彩らせるいろどらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 彩らされるいろどらされる |
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What does 彩る mean?
To colour, to color, to paint. It can also mean: to apply make-up; to decorate, to garnish, to adorn, to add flair.
How do you pronounce 彩る?
いろどる (irodoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
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