Apr 9, 2007 05:16
17 yrs ago
English term

grey

Non-PRO English to Japanese Other Livestock / Animal Husbandry dogs
Looking to get the Japanes translation of a couple of English words for the purpose of naming a Japanes dog. Thank you all.
Proposed translations (Japanese)
3 +3 グレー
3 -1 灰色
3 -1 にびいろ
Change log

Apr 9, 2007 23:41: Fabio Descalzi changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Apr 9, 2007 23:42: Fabio Descalzi changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): KathyT

Non-PRO (2): sigmalanguage, humbird

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Proposed translations

+3
1 hr
Selected

グレー

It is 灰色 as Fabio says.
グレー is also used commonly.

Here is a web site I found for your reference to naming dogs (or pets) in Japanese (of course, there are a lot more than these, and grey is not listed in here. But hey, it might be a help!):
http://www.hcn.zaq.ne.jp/feel_at_home/pets/english/index.htm...
Peer comment(s):

agree sumc : I insist this one for a dog's name.
16 mins
Thanks, sumc :)
agree sigmalanguage : For a dog's name, yes. This word is commonly used to avoid the negative sense associated with the color grey.
8 hrs
Thanks, sigmalanguage :)
agree humbird : まあ人の名前でもありますから、犬の名前としても悪くないでしょう。
16 hrs
Thanks, Susan :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
1 hr

灰色

grey colour = 灰色
Peer comment(s):

disagree humbird : Not incorrect, but extremely odd name for a pet dog.
16 hrs
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-1
2 hrs

にびいろ

another option. it's written 鈍色 but i prefer to use hiragana.
Peer comment(s):

disagree humbird : For name of a dog?
15 hrs
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