グレーguree
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- no-adjectivegrey; gray
- Synonym灰色はいいろNeutralThe kanji-based word for gray, set against the loanword 「グレー」; it can also suggest gloom or shadiness, as in 「灰色の人生」.
- Relatedねずみ色ねずみいろNeutralA bluish dark gray, or mouse gray, with the feel of a traditional Japanese color; 「グレー」 is the loanword for ordinary gray.
- Related薄墨色WrittenA pale gray like diluted ink, with a traditional Japanese-color and literary flavor.
Use 「グレー」 for the color gray or a gray area, as in 「グレーゾーン」; 「灰色」 is the kanji-based way to say it, 「ねずみ色」 a dark mouse gray, and 「薄墨色」 a pale ink gray.
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