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No. 2,236 in Japanese

色とりどり

"色とりどり" means "colorful" or "multicolored."

In a sentence

  • 公園の花壇には色とりどりの花が咲いています。

    In the park's flower bed, various colorful flowers are blooming.

    In this sentence, 色とりどり is used as an adjective to describe the diverse and colorful nature of the flowers present in the flower bed.

  • 色とりどりの果物が市場に並べられていました。

    Many colorful fruits were lined up in the market.

    Here, 色とりどり is used to describe the variety of fruits in terms of their vivid colors, enhancing the visual impact of the market scene.

  • 彼女は色とりどりの糸から美しい織物を作りました。

    She made a beautiful textile from an array of colorful threads.

    In this instance, 色とりどり is applied to signify the diversity in colors of the threads, emphasizing the creative potential and aesthetic of the resulting textile.

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