• 高いたかい
  • ·high; tall
  • ·expensive; high-priced
  • ·high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
  • ·loud
  • ·high-pitched; shrill
  N5
• いう
  • ·to say; to utter; to declare
  • ·to name; to call
  • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
  N5
• 白しろ
  • ·white
  • ·innocence; innocent person
  • ·blank space
  • ·white stone
  • ·white dragon tile
  • ·skewered grilled pig intestine
  N5
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  N5
• 紙かみ
  • ·paper
  N5
• 置くおくAs it appears here: 置いて
  • ·to put; to place
  • ·to leave (behind)
  • ·to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
  • ·to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
  • ·to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.)
  • ·to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
  • ·to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
  • ·to separate spatially or temporally
  • ·to do something in advance
  • ·to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
  N5
• 花はな
  • ·flower; blossom; bloom; petal
  • ·cherry blossom
  • ·beauty
  • ·blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
  • ·ikebana
  • ·hanafuda
  • ·(the) best
  • ·glorious; lovely
  N5
• 色いろ
  • ·colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade
  • ·complexion; skin colour; skin color
  • ·look (on one's face); expression
  • ·appearance; air; feeling
  • ·personality; character
  • ·tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring
  • ·love; lust; sensuality; love affair
  • ·lover; paramour
  • ·beauty; sexiness; physical appeal
  • ·kind; type; variety
  N5
• しかし
  • ·however; but
  N5
• 白いしろい
  • ·white
  • ·blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; unmarked; spotless; immaculate
  • ·innocent; not guilty; pure
  • ·bright; vivid
  • ·inexperienced; naive; unrefined
  N5
• するAs it appears here: しろ
  • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
  • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
  • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
  • ·to decide on; to choose
  • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
  • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  • ·to be worth; to cost
  • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
  • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
  • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
  • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
  • ·to feel A about B
  • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
  • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
  N5
• ここ
  • ·here; this place
  • ·this point; here; now
  • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
  • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
  N5
• 心こころ
  • ·mind; heart; spirit
  • ·the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
  N4
• 届けるとどけるAs it appears here: 届けて
  • ·to deliver; to forward; to send
  • ·to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities); to give notice; to register
  N4
• 度ど
  • ·degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
  • ·counter for occurrences
  • ·strength (of glasses); glasses prescription
  • ·alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume
  • ·extent; degree; limit
  • ·presence of mind; composure
  N3
• したがって
  • ·therefore; consequently; accordingly
  N3
• 印象いんしょう
  • ·impression
  N3
• 程度ていど
  • ·degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately
  N3
• こと
  • ·thing; matter
  • ·incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  • ·circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  • ·work; business; affair
  • ·after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  • ·nominalizing suffix
  • ·pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
  • ·alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
  • ·necessity; need
  • ·you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
  N3
• 含むふくむAs it appears here: 含み
  • ·to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace
  • ·to hold in the mouth
  • ·to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour
  • ·to express (emotion, etc.); to imply
  N3
• 注ちゅう
  • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
  N3
• 含むふくむ
  • ·to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace
  • ·to hold in the mouth
  • ·to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour
  • ·to express (emotion, etc.); to imply
  N3
• 真っ白まっしろ
  • ·pure white
  • ·blank (e.g. mind, paper)
  N2
• 水分すいぶん
  • ·water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap; juice
  N2
• 重たいおもたい
  • ·heavy; weighty
  • ·heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy; depressing
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• というのはN3

  Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.

  白色度というのは物理的な指標であって感受性の指標ではない。

  Whiteness is a physical indicator, not an indicator of sensory perception.

• 的（てき）N3

  A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).

  白色度というのは物理的な指標であって感受性の指標ではない。

  Whiteness is a physical indicator, not an indicator of sensory perception.

• というN3

  Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.

  したがって白色度が高いというだけでは白は印象づけられないのである。

  Therefore, a high degree of whiteness alone does not necessarily create an impression of white.

• ほど～ないN3

  Compares two things to say one is not to the same degree as the other — 'not as ... as ~'.

  咲き乱れる花々の印象は真っ白でも、その背後にコピー用紙程度の紙を置いてみると、花そのものの白さは紙の白さほどではないことに気が付く。

  Even if a mass of blooming flowers gives an impression of pure white, placing a sheet of paper about as white as ordinary copy paper behind them reveals that the flowers themselves are not as white as the paper.

• によって/によるN3

  Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.

  （原研哉『白（しろ）』による）

  (Based on Hara Kenya, “White”)

• だけでN4

  'Just by / with only' — a single small condition alone is enough to produce the result.

  したがって白色度が高いというだけでは白は印象づけられないのである。

  Therefore, a high degree of whiteness alone does not necessarily create an impression of white.

• 〜てみるN4

  Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.

  咲き乱れる花々の印象は真っ白でも、その背後にコピー用紙程度の紙を置いてみると、花そのものの白さは紙の白さほどではないことに気が付く。

  Even if a mass of blooming flowers gives an impression of pure white, placing a sheet of paper about as white as ordinary copy paper behind them reveals that the flowers themselves are not as white as the paper.

• に気がつく（にきがつく）N4

  To notice or become aware of something, the noticed thing marked by に, 'to notice / realize ~.'

  咲き乱れる花々の印象は真っ白でも、その背後にコピー用紙程度の紙を置いてみると、花そのものの白さは紙の白さほどではないことに気が付く。

  Even if a mass of blooming flowers gives an impression of pure white, placing a sheet of paper about as white as ordinary copy paper behind them reveals that the flowers themselves are not as white as the paper.

• 〜てくるN4

  Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

  しかし咲き誇る花々が僕らの心に届けてくる白は鮮烈に白い。

  And yet the white that flowers in full bloom convey to our hearts is strikingly, intensely white.

• じゃない・ではないN5

  Negates a noun or na-adjective with the copula, "is not / am not".

  白色度というのは物理的な指標であって感受性の指標ではない。

  Whiteness is a physical indicator, not an indicator of sensory perception.

• のでN5

  Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.

  したがって白色度が高いというだけでは白は印象づけられないのである。

  Therefore, a high degree of whiteness alone does not necessarily create an impression of white.

• しかしN5

  Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.

  しかし咲き誇る花々が僕らの心に届けてくる白は鮮烈に白い。

  And yet the white that flowers in full bloom convey to our hearts is strikingly, intensely white.