白

white elephant

yellow and white; gold and silver

bribery; corruption

Mahjong

white dragon tile

Colloquial; Word usually written using kana alone

shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair

Food, cooking

unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water

Trichophyton fungus (dermatophyte that causes ringworm, etc.)

white clover (Trifolium repens); Dutch clover

white hairband

makeup

dark-colored horse with a lustrous coat (coloured)

white horse

quercus myrsinifolia; bamboo Leaved Oak; quercus myrsinaefolia

white bird

swan

white bush clover

Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

melon cucumber

yellowish-white; pale yellow

Letters ending with this start with 謹啓

yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly

white lead

Word usually written using kana alone

meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides)

頬白 only; Rare term

great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)

small cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae)

white magnolia (Magnolia denudata); lilytree; Yulan magnolia

white race

Word usually written using kana alone

bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant

Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)

Word usually written using kana alone

Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves)

Orig. meaning

white underside; white bottom; white inner

blank ballot; white ballot

refined rice flour; rice flour for dumplings