noun:

• mustard (color)

noun:

• bronze or copper (color, colour)

prefix:

• light (e.g. colour, color)

noun:

• poisonous algae bloom (often green in color) (colour)

prefix:

• dark (color) ➜ 濃グレー【のうグレー】
• concentrated; thick ［のう］

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

• gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)

~の noun / noun:

• valuable; of highest value

noun:

• money; gold coin
• Friday - abbreviation ➜ 金曜
• metal (fourth of the five elements) ➜ 五行
• Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE)

noun / suffix noun:

• gold general - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 金将

noun:

• testicles - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 金玉【きんたま】

suffix / counter:

• karat; carat

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)

adjectival noun / noun:

• soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek

noun:

• light and shade; shade (of colour, color)
• depth (of flavor); complexity; strength and weakness (of flavor)

noun:

• yellow; saffron (color, colour)

noun / ~の noun:

• yellow-tinted gray (grey); scum colour (color)

noun:

• heterochromia iridis; eyes differing in colour (color)

noun:

• depth; shade (of color, colour)

noun / ~する noun:

• development; developing (color)

noun:

• unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color)

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• unbleached; undyed

noun / ~の noun:

• dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become muddy; to become cloudy; to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.)
• to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse
• to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted
• to become voiced; to add voiced consonant marks ➜ 濁り【にごり】

noun:

• lapis lazuli
• lapis lazuli (color) - abbreviation ➜ 瑠璃色
• beryl - abbreviation ➜ 吠瑠璃
• mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail) - abbreviation ➜ 小瑠璃・大瑠璃・瑠璃鶲
• glass - obscure term

noun:

• back

noun / ~する noun:

• backing; going backwards; reversing

noun:

• background; background colour (color)
• backhand - Sports term
• backer; supporter

noun / ~する noun:

• refunding

noun:

• backstroke (swimming)
• doggy style (sexual position) - slang

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)
• to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water
• to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)
• to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
• to be similar; to be redundant

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.) - of film
• to close; to come to an end - of a play, etc.
• to get a full house; to sell out - of a play, etc.
• to blunder; to bungle; to fail - of a play, etc. - archaism ➜ 毛氈を被る
• to be deceived - archaism

noun:

• sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
• sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color)
• layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

noun:

• brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; Norway rat
• dark grey (colour, color); dark gray
• secret evil-doer

noun:

• amorous glance; leer; ogle
• shade (of color); tint; hue
• ingratiation; sycophancy; toadying ➜ 色目を使う

noun:

• squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)
• Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern) ➜ 軒忍
• color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue) ➜ 襲の色目
• ancient women's hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 忍髷
• clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern - abbreviation ➜ 忍摺

adjective:

• dull (e.g. a knife); blunt ［にぶい］
• thickheaded; obtuse; stupid - のろい is usu. in kana
• dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light) ［にぶい］
• slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic
• indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting ［のろい］