Word Meaning 灰色

はいいろ haiiro

灰色 is read as はいいろ (haiiro) and means grey.

Meaning

English

  1. grey
  2. gray
  3. ashen

Reading

Kana

はいいろ

Romaji

haiiro

Writing Variants

  • 灰色 かいしょく kaishoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Related Words アッシュ,グレー,,カラー,色艶,彩り,,赤色 Rank 672 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

灰白色

かいはくしょく

grayish white

灰青色

はいあおいろ

grayish blue

灰緑色

かいりょくしょく

greenish gray

灰汁色

あくいろ

yellow-tinted gray (grey)

灰褐色

はいかっしょく

grey-brown

灰色高官

はいいろこうかん

high official suspected of corruption

灰色植物門

かいしょくしょくぶつもん

Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)

灰色マングース

はいいろまんぐーす

Indian gray mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii)

銀灰色

ぎんかいしょく

silver gray

灰色熊

はいいろぐま

grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

灰色藻

かいしょくそう

glaucophyte

灰色藻綱

かいしょくそうこう

Glaucophyceae (class of glaucophytes)

Example Sentences

10

I like the color gray.

Is that cat grey?

All cats are grey in the dark.

My suit is gray.

Your hair is going grey.

Why are some translations in grey?

The road was gray with dust.

His suit was gray and his tie was yellow.

His shirt was gray and his tie was yellow.

The gray sweater I like more than the purple.