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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.
銀髪の紳士が入ってきた。
A silver-haired gentleman came in.
祖父は美しい銀髪をしている。
My grandfather has beautiful silver hair.
その映画の主人公は銀髪に赤い目という印象的な外見だ。
The protagonist of that movie has a striking appearance with silver hair and red eyes.
銀髪 has a more elegant or attractive connotation than 白髪 (white/gray hair), which is a neutral or sometimes negative term for aging hair. 銀髪 is also very common in anime and manga character descriptions.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 銀髪の男性 (silver-haired man)
- 美しい銀髪 (beautiful silver hair)
- 銀髪キャラ (silver-haired character)