ロマンスグレー

noun

silver-gray hair; salt-and-pepper hair

Refers specifically to the attractive, distinguished gray hair often associated with middle-aged or older men. A wasei-eigo term from 'romance gray'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from romance gray

• 彼かれのロマンスグレーがとても素す敵てきだ。

  His silver-gray hair is really attractive.

• 最さい近きん、ロマンスグレーに憧あこがれる若わか者ものもいるらしい。

  Lately, some young people seem to admire silver-gray hair.

noun

handsome gray-haired man; silver fox

By extension, a good-looking man with gray or silver hair, often implying mature charm. The English 'silver fox' is a close equivalent.

• あの俳はい優ゆうはすっかりロマンスグレーになったね。

  That actor has really become a handsome gray-haired man, hasn't he?

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころよりロマンスグレーの今いまの方ほうが魅み力りょく的てきだ。

  He's more attractive now as a silver fox than when he was young.