いろ

Japanese

Etymology 1

/iro₂/ → /iro/

Cognate with いら (ira).

Noun

いろ • (iro) 

1. kinship through the same mother

Antonyms

• まま (mama)

Derived terms

• いろど (irodo)
• いろえ (iroe)
• いろは (iroha)
• いろも (iromo)
• いろね (irone)
• いろせ (irose)
• いろと (iroto)

See also

• いら (ira)

Etymology 2

Reading of various kanji terms.

Noun

いろ • (iro) 

1. 井路: a waterway or other conduit for water to be used for drinking, agriculture, etc.
2. 色: color
3. 倚廬: temporary housing in which an emperor resides during the period of mourning following the death of the emperor's father