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2007.09.18(Review of 2003.03.31 edition)
Hello!
This week we take up the theme “How Hair Changes with Age”. Having just spent a three-day weekend compliments of Respect for the Aged Day, we thought it an appropriate time for this one!
GRAY (HAIR) / TURN GRAY, GO GRAY
白髪（白髪混じりの髪）／髪が白くなる、白髪になる
- Gray is the color of smoke or rain clouds.
When someone gets older and the color of their hair becomes gray, we say that THE PERSON or THEIR HAIR turns gray or goes gray.
Be Careful! When talking about hair color in English, it is more common to use the word gray than “white” (as in the Japanese word 白髪). - gray は、煙や雨雲のような色、つまり、灰色のことです。
年をとって白髪になることを、turns gray 、あるいは goes gray と言います。
注意：日本語では「白髪」と言いますが、英語では白（white）よりも gray と言う方が一般的です。
- My husband was rather upset to find a few gray hairs on his head last week.
- (a child to her mother)
What color was grandma's hair before it turned gray? - I think Jason has become even more attractive since he started going gray.
Bye for now!