gray

灰色の

黒と白の間の色をしている。

やさしい英語で： Having a colour between black and white.

• The cat is gray.
• She wore a gray coat.
• Dark gray clouds covered the sky.

類義語： grey

よく使う表現： gray hair, gray sky, gray coat, gray walls

高齢者の

高齢者、特にそのお金や関心、社会への影響に関する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with older people, especially their money, interests, or influence.

• The gray vote influenced the election.
• Businesses compete for the gray dollar.
• Gray spending is important to the travel industry.

類義語： elder, geriatric, elder, elderly

よく使う表現： gray dollar, gray vote, gray market spending

白髪になる、灰色になる

灰色になること。特に、年を取って髪が白くなること。

やさしい英語で： To become a colour between black and white, especially as hair changes with age.

• His hair began to gray.
• Her beard has grayed over the years.
• Some people gray earlier than others.

類義語： grey

よく使う表現： hair begins to gray, gray at the temples

高齢化する

人口の中で高齢者の数や割合が増える。

やさしい英語で： To have an increasing number or proportion of older people.

• The population is starting to gray.
• As the country grays, demand for care increases.
• Some rural communities have grayed rapidly.

類義語： age

よく使う表現： population begins to gray, society continues to gray

灰色

黒と白の間の色。

やさしい英語で： The colour between black and white.

• I like gray.
• We chose a light gray for the walls.
• The artist mixed several grays.

類義語： grey

よく使う表現： dark gray, pale gray, shades of gray

曇り空

日光を遮る雲や、どんよりした空。

やさしい英語で： Clouds or a dull sky that hide the sunlight.

• The plane vanished into the gray.
• A pale sun struggled through the gray.
• They watched the gray gather above the hills.

類義語： cloud, gloom

よく使う表現： into the gray, through the gray