シルバー

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Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

silver; silver-colored

Used as a noun or no-adjective for the color or material silver, often in compound words like シルバーアクセサリー (silver accessories).

Euphemistic term for elderly people, derived from 'silver' as in gray hair. Often used in compounds like シルバーシート (priority seat for the elderly).

シルバーの〈物もの〉a silver-colored (item)
シルバーの車くるまを買かった。
I bought a silver-colored car.
シルバー料りょう金きんで〈物もの〉を利り用ようするto use (something) at the senior citizen's discounted rate
シルバー料りょう金きんで電でん車しゃを利り用ようできる。
You can ride the train at the senior discount rate.

銀ぎんN3sense 1
銀 is the native Japanese word for the metal or color silver, while シルバー is the loanword version, more common in fashion, design, and product names.
高こう齢れい者しゃN2sense 2
高齢者 is the neutral, formal term for an elderly person, whereas シルバー is a softer, euphemistic word often used in marketing or public-service naming (e.g. シルバーシート).
銀ぎん色いろ
シルバー is the trendier loanword for silver color, often used in fashion or product descriptions, while 銀色 is the standard native term.

ゴールド
ゴールド refers to gold/gold-colored things while シルバー refers to silver/silver-colored things, the other common precious-metal color term.

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Loanword from English 'silver'. The 'senior citizen' sense is a Japanese coinage from the association of silver with gray hair.