Word Meaning 白黒をつける

しろくろをつける shirokurootsukeru

白黒をつける is read as しろくろをつける (shirokurootsukeru) and means to determine whether something is right or wrong.

Meaning

English

  1. to determine whether something is right or wrong
  2. to make something clear
  3. to settle a matter

Reading

Kana

しろくろをつける

Romaji

shirokurootsukeru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 128021 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

白黒

しろくろ

black and white

白金黒

はっきんこく

platinum black (black powdered platinum, often used as a catalyst)

白黒テレビ

しろくろてれび

black-and-white television

白黒反転モード

しろくろはんでんもーど

reverse video mode

眼を白黒させる

めをしろくろさせる

to dart one's eyes about

黒白

くろしろ

black and white

黒風白雨

こくふうはくう

sudden rain shower in a dust storm

金黒羽白

きんくろはじろ

tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)

黒縁目白

くろへりめじろ

copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)

条黒白蝶

すじぐろしろちょう

Pieris melete (species of cabbage white butterfly)