しら
Also written 白
Meanings
- Prefix white
- unseasoned; undyed; unaltered
- very much; precisely
- playing dumb See also: しらばっくれる.
- Noun, な-adjective unfeigned; honest; diligent
Example sentences
- ニクソンはオフィスに盗聴器をしかけておきながらシラを切ったので見付かった。
Nixon was caught lying because he bugged his own office. - 私は赤ブドウ酒より白ブドウ酒のほうが好きだ。
I like white wine better than red.
Common phrases
- シラを切る (シラをきる) to feign ignorance
Words containing しら
- ミリしら being ignorant of a work, game, or product, but still superimposing their own views
- しらす干し (しらすぼし) dried young sardines