Japanese

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	In Japanese, the words for colors can be divided into two groups.
	All colors are nouns in their base form,
	but some can be turned into <strong>い-adjectives</strong> by attaching an <strong>い</strong> at the end,
	and some can not. Below are some sentences containing color words that are <strong>い-adjectives</strong>.
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	We can place these in front of nouns just as we can with any other <strong>い-adjective</strong>.
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<p>
	The color words below cannot be turned into <strong>い-adjectives</strong> however.
	We can make them adjectival by using the particle <strong>の</strong>, just as we can with other nouns.
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Colors

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

Word	灰はい色いろ　の　スーツ　を　買かった。 haiiro no suutu wo katta.
Meaning	(I) bought a gray suit.
Part of speech	sentence
Pronunciation

possessive case particle	の no
to buy	買かう kau
direct object particle	を wo
gray	灰はい色いろ haiiro
suit	スーツ suutu

Japanese

haiiro no suutu wo katta.

Breakdown of haiiro no suutu wo katta.

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