しろ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しろ [shìró] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞]

Verb

しろ • (shiro) 

  1. imperative of する
  2. (often following に) no matter; regardless of
    何(なに)しろ
    nani shiro
    anyway; no matter what is the case
    失(しっ)敗(ぱい)するにしろやるだけのことはやる
    shippai suru ni shiro yaru dake no koto wa yaru
    I will try my best even if I were to fail.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しろ – see the following entries.
【白】1
[noun] the color white
[noun] (by extension) innocence
[noun] (go) a white go stone
[noun] something unwritten
[noun] (colloquial) the white team in a 紅白 (kōhaku) group
[noun] (colloquial) an unlicensed prostitute
[noun] (colloquial) short for 銀 (shirogane): silver
[noun] (colloquial) synonym of 塩 (shio): salt
[noun] (colloquial) short for 白書院 (shiroshoin): a specific kind of drawing room or study, using unpainted cedar wood with straight grain
[noun] a type of もつ焼き (motsuyaki) made from pig intestines
[noun] in the game of 人狼 (Jinrō, “Werewolf; Mafia”), one who is on the villagers' side
【城】4
[noun] castle
【代】3
[noun] (archaic) substitution
[noun] (archaic) price, cost, charge
[noun] (historical) shiro, a unit of land
(This term, しろ (shiro), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しろ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しろ.)
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