(ぎんぱつ)

ぎんぱつ
noun
silver hair; gray hair
1. silver hair; gray hair
Hair that is silver or gray in color. Can describe naturally grayed hair in an elegant or positive way, or silver-colored hair in fiction and character descriptions.
銀髪(ぎんぱつ)紳士(しんし)(はい)ってきた。
A silver-haired gentleman came in.
祖父(そふ)(うつく)しい銀髪(ぎんぱつ)をしている。
My grandfather has beautiful silver hair.
その映画(えいが)主人公(しゅじんこう)銀髪(ぎんぱつ)(あか)()という印象的(いんしょうてき)外見(がいけん)だ。
The protagonist of that movie has a striking appearance with silver hair and red eyes.

銀髪(ぎんぱつ) has a more elegant or attractive connotation than 白髪(しらが) (white/gray hair), which is a neutral or sometimes negative term for aging hair. 銀髪(ぎんぱつ) is also very common in anime and manga character descriptions.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 銀髪(ぎんぱつ)男性(だんせい) (silver-haired man)
  • (うつく)しい銀髪(ぎんぱつ) (beautiful silver hair)
  • 銀髪(ぎんぱつ)キャラ (silver-haired character)