Meaning

Primary

Coloring

Alternatives

Color Scheme, Makeup

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

This is the noun version of the kanji and has the same meaning as well: coloring.

Reading

いろどり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading has いろ (like ) in it, then a , so think about an dog, running around coloring things, because that's what an dog does.

Context

Context Sentences

父の弁当は、彩りについて全く考慮がされておらず、全部茶色だったので嫌でしたね。

I didn’t like my dad’s bento because he never really took coloring into account and all of it was brown.

Kanji Composition