いろいろ

色 々

Common word

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    various, a variety of, all sorts of, many (different)
    word usually written using kana alone

    • いろいろな国へ行ったがやっぱり日本が一番いい。
      I've visited many countries, but I like Japan best of all.

  2. adverb (fukushi), adverb taking the 'to' particle

    variously, in various ways, in many ways
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 色々と有り難うございます。忘れないように彼はそれを書き留めた。
      Thank you very much for everything. He wrote it down lest he should forget it.

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    various things, this and that
    as ...のいろいろ
    word usually written using kana alone