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灰色

haiiro

Description

「灰色」は、白と黒の間の色です。

"灰色" is the color between white and black.

雨の日の空の色を言うときにもよく使います。

It is also often used to describe the color of the sky on rainy days.

Meanings

灰色haiiro

gray; the color gray

今日の空は灰色です。

Today's sky is gray.

灰色haiiro

unclear or gloomy; neither good nor bad

彼の未来は灰色に見えた。

His future looked bleak.

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Notes

  • Etymology

    灰 (hai, 'ash') + 色 (iro, 'color'), literally 'ash color'.

  • Nuance

    also used figuratively for something uncertain, gloomy, or ambiguous.

In videos

晴れの日の雲は白いですが、曇りの日の雲は灰色です。

Comprehensible Japanese Beginner - Let’s learn 5 weather names in Japanese · Nihongo-Learning

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