Illustration: At a Japanese neighborhood barber shop, a middle-aged customer leans toward a handheld mirror while the barber lifts a section of hair near the temple with a comb. Numerous white strands are clearly interspersed with the darker hair, continuing naturally from the roots.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

白髪しらが

shiraga

gray hair, white hair

Also read はくはつ, particularly in formal usage. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 父ちちの髪かみは白髪しらが交まじりになった。

    My father’s hair has become streaked with gray.

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  2. 父ちちは白髪しらがが混まじってきた。

    My father is becoming gray.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 白髪しらがが急きゅうにふえています。

    I’m getting more and more gray hair.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 白髪

  • 白whiteOnハク・ビャクKunしろ・しら-・しろい
  • 髪hair of the headOnハツKunかみ

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