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The Japanese word for gray is
灰色

はいいろ - haiiro
灰-ash (hai), 色-color (iro)



gray

Japanese Definition


gray
     1. 形容詞. 灰色の。
     2. 形容詞. 陰鬱な。
     3. 形容詞. 曖昧な。
     4. 形容詞. 老人の。
     5. 動詞. (自動詞)灰色になる。
     6. 動詞. (自動詞, 歳をとって)白髪になる。
           My hair is beginning to gray.
           僕の髪が白髪になりだしたよ。
     7. 動詞. (他動詞)灰色にする。
     8. 名詞. 灰色。ねずみ色。グレー。
           (color panel, gray/grey, 808080)



Translations for gray and their definitions

灰色
     1. n. gray (color), an ashen color
     2. n. sad, pessimistic, gloomy
           灰色の人生 - a sad life
     3. n. arousing doubt or suspicion of dishonesty or criminal activity
     4. n. gray (color)


鼠色
     1. n. (dated) gray (color)


グレー
     1. adj. grey
     2. n. the color grey
     3. n. being in between two distinct states or conditions, as in a figurative grey area


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