N2543/1725

灰はい色いろ

obsolete readingnounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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はいいろ

Meanings

grey, gray, ashen

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Example sentences

空そらが灰色はいいろになってきたから、雨あめが降ふるかもしれない。

The sky has turned grey, so it might rain.

彼女かのじょは灰色はいいろのコートを着きて会議かいぎに現あらわれた。

She appeared at the meeting wearing a grey coat.

長ながい間あいだ外そとに置おかれた木きの板いたは灰色はいいろに変色へんしょくしていた。

The wooden plank that had been left outside for a long time had turned grey.

その老人ろうじんの髪かみはすっかり灰色はいいろになっていた。

The old man's hair had turned completely grey.

都市としの風景ふうけいはコンクリートの灰色はいいろに支配しはいされており、緑みどりが少すくないと感かんじた。

The cityscape was dominated by the grey of concrete, and I felt there was little greenery.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)