The Japanese word for gray is
灰色
はいいろ - haiiro灰-ash (hai), 色-color (iro)
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 |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
(haiiro)
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