Translation guide
How to talk about hair dye, dyeing hair, and related products in Japanese.
hair dye (product)
to dye one's hair
Common loanword for hair dye product, often used in salons and stores.
This hair dye is gentle on the scalp.
Specifically for gray hair coverage; very common in drugstores.
My mother uses hair dye for gray hair.
Less common than ヘアカラー, but understood.
I'm going to buy hair dye.
Technical/medical term for hair dye.
Be careful of allergies caused by hair dye.
The action of coloring hair.
Describing the result or the color itself.
In casual conversation, 髪染めた？ (Did you dye your hair?) is common. The object 髪を is often dropped.
I recently started dyeing my gray hair.
新しいヘアカラー、似合ってるね。
Your new hair color suits you.