黄色い（きいろい、kiiroい）
- yellow

The word 黄色い (きいろい) means "yellow" in English. It's an adjective used to describe something that has the color yellow. 黄色い modifies a noun, providing a descriptive detail about its appearance.

⚫︎黄色い花 Translation: Yellow flower ⚫︎黄色い車 Translation: Yellow car ⚫︎黄色いシャツを着ています Translation: I am wearing a yellow shirt.

⚫︎黄色い is used to describe nouns that are yellow in color. ⚫︎ It is a standard adjective, so it conjugates to reflect tense and politeness. For example, 黄色かったです (was yellow), 黄色くない (is not yellow), 黄色くありませんでした (was not yellow). ⚫︎ Place 黄色い before the noun it describes.

⚫︎ The word is typically written in kanji as 黄色い or in hiragana as きいろい. ⚫︎ The okurigana (the hiragana after the kanji) is always い when using the adjective form.

There aren't many direct synonyms for the color "yellow" in Japanese. Other ways to express similar meanings include: ⚫︎ からし色 (karashiiro): mustard color. ⚫︎ レモン色 (remon'iro): lemon color.

The antonyms are colors that are not yellow. Here are some examples: ⚫︎ 赤い (akai): red ⚫︎ 青い (aoi): blue ⚫︎ 黒い (kuroi): black

このバナナは黄色い ・Translation: This banana is yellow. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the color of the banana using the adjective 黄色い.

私は黄色い傘を持っています ・Translation: I have a yellow umbrella. ・Explanation: The sentence uses 黄色い to describe the umbrella.

⚫︎ 黄色 itself is the kanji compound representing "yellow". ⚫︎ The い suffix is added to make it an adjective. ⚫︎ The kanji 黄 (ki) comes from the ancient Chinese character for "yellow". The word has been used in Japanese for centuries.