色づく – vocab dash

色いろづく

Meanings

Godan verb

Intransitive verb

1. to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to turn yellow

2. to ripen (and change color)

3. to become sexually aware; to reach puberty

Other spellings

色いろ付づく

Kanji used

Kanji in other spellings

Pitch accent

いろづく

Examples9

葉はが色いろ付づき始はじめた。

The leaves have begun to color.

谷たには赤あかや黄き色いろの葉はで色いろづいていた。

The valley was aflame with red and yellow leaves.

秋あきには葉はっぱが黄き色いろく色いろづく。

In autumn the leaves turn yellow.

山やま々やまは青あおい空そらを背はい景けいに赤あかく色いろづいている。

The mountains are red against the blue sky.

木き々ぎの葉はは秋あきには黄き色いろく色いろづく。

The leaves of the trees turn yellow in fall.

木き々ぎの葉はが黄き色いろく色いろづいた。

The leaves of the trees turned yellow.