色褪せる いろあせる Also written 色あせる Meanings Ichidan verb, Intransitive to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour) to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale; to pale Kanji 色 color. Read as いろ. 褪 fade; discolour. Read as あせる. Example sentences この服は縮んで、おまけに色褪せてしまった。This dress shrank, and what's more it faded. 色あせたジーンズは今でも流行っている。Faded jeans are still in fashion. 寝室のカーテンは端が色あせてきた。The bedroom curtains have faded at the edges. 彼女は色褪せた綿のスカートをはいていた。She was dressed in a faded cotton skirt. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists