グレーguree

JLPT N1approx.Common
グレイgurei
Definitions
  1. no-adjectivegrey; gray
    私の事務所じむしょはあのグレーの6階かい建だてのビルの4階かいだ。↗
    My office is on the fourth floor of that gray six-story building.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 灰色はいいろ。
  2. 白しろでも黒くろでもない曖昧あいまいな状態じょうたい。
English equivalents

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