色物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
色	物
いろ Grade: 2	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

色(いろ)物(もの) • (iromono)

colored clothes
variety show (opposition to rakugo)
comedian
things not main; originally unintended things
- この芸能人(げいのうじん)にとってアニメは色物(いろもの)だ。
  Kono geinōjin ni totte anime wa iromono da.
  Animations are not main for this TV personality.
eccentric; things unsuitable for the original image
- 色物(いろもの)扱(あつか)いする
  iromono atsukaisuru
  treat as eccentric

Synonyms

(comedian): 芸人(げいにん) (geinin)
(eccentric): 変(か)わり者(もの) (kawarimono), 変人(へんじん) (henjin)

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