Silver halide photographic material

A silver halide photographic material comprising at least one methine dye represented by the following general formula (I) and at least one coupler represented by the following general formula (X):

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• wherein X1 and X2 each represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a selenium atom, a tellurium atom, a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom;
• Y1 represents a furan, pyrrole or thiophene ring which may be condensed with another 5- or 6-membered carbon ring or heterocycle or may have a substituent group;
• Y2 represents an atomic group necessary for forming a benzene ring or a 5- or 6-membered unsaturated heterocycle, which may be further condensed with another 5- or 6-membered carbon ring or heterocycle or may have a substituent group;
• a bond between two carbon atoms by which Y1 and Y2 are each condensed with the carbon ring or the heterocycle may be a single bond or a double bond;
• R1 and R2 each represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl or heterocyclic group;
• L1, L2 and L3 each represents a methine group;
• n1 represents 0 or 1;
• M1 represents a counter ion;
• and m1 represents a number of 0 or more necessary for neutralizing a charge in a molecule;
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• wherein Z1 and Z2 each represents —C(Q3)═ or —N═;
• Q1 and Q3 each represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent group;
• Q2 represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling release group;
• and Q1, Q2 or Q3 may be a divalent group, and combine with a multimer, of a dimer or more, or a polymer chain to form a homopolymer or a copolymer.