In Japanese, "yellow" is 黄色 (kīro). It is a adjective pronounced "kee-roh".
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黄色 is written in kanji. Romanised as kīro, it sounds roughly like "kee-roh" to an English ear.
ひまわりの花は黄色です。
Himawari no hana wa kiiro desu.
Sunflowers are yellow.
Kiiro (黄色) means yellow. The kanji 黄 has been used in Japan since ancient times and appears in classic literature. Yellow is associated with sunshine and happiness.
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黄色 is a na-adjective or noun-adjective. It is neutral in register and fits naturally in both casual and polite sentences. Add na before a noun, or use desu for a polite predicate.
黄色 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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