しろ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• せよ
• せい
• せ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しろ [shìró] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞]

Verb

しろ • (shiro) 

1. imperative of する
2. (often following に) no matter; regardless of

   何(なに)しろ

   nani shiro

   anyway; no matter what is the case

   失(しっ)敗(ぱい)するにしろやるだけのことはやる

   shippai suru ni shiro yaru dake no koto wa yaru

   I will try my best even if I were to fail.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of しろ – see the following entries.

【白】1 [noun] the color white [noun] (by extension) innocence [noun] (go) a white go stone [noun] something unwritten [noun] (colloquial) the white team in a 紅白 (kōhaku) group [noun] (colloquial) an unlicensed prostitute [noun] (colloquial) Short for 銀 (shirogane): silver [noun] (colloquial) Synonym of 塩 (shio): salt [noun] (colloquial) Short for 白書院 (shiroshoin): a specific kind of drawing room or study, using unpainted cedar wood with straight grain [noun] a type of もつ焼き (motsuyaki) made from pig intestines [noun] in the game of 人狼 (Jinrō, “Werewolf; Mafia”), one who is on the villagers' side

【城】4 [noun] castle

【代】3 [noun] (archaic) substitution [noun] (archaic) price, cost, charge [noun] (historical) shiro, a unit of land

(This term, しろ (shiro), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as しろ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しろ.)