Keyword
indigo
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig1565
Readings
あい
(63%)
らん
(36%)
Composed of
blades of grass
supervise
Used in vocabulary (97 in total)
indigo blue; indigo
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot
large temple edifice; large temple
indigo blue
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
empty; hollow; bare; main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)
deep indigo
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
complete seven-structured temple compound
religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
pupil excelling his master
the student has become the master; (lit.) blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo
pale cyan; pale azure
indigo blue; azurite blue
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
indigo blue
surpassing one's master
indigo dyer
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
pale cyan; pale azure
natural indigo; true indigo dye
blue-green algae; cyanobacteria
deep purple; reddish indigo
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
indigo-dyed paper; indigo paper; spiderwort-dyed paper
earthenware pot for storing indigo dye
cyanophyte; cyanobacteria; blue-green algae
dark steel blue
violet tinged with indigo
scum formed near the end of the indigo fermentation process; Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow); staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow); staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
indigo-dyed leather
Buddhist convent or monastery
kai-lan; gai-lan; Chinese broccoli
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.
indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.
blue-collar; blue-collar worker (employee)
little spinefoot (Siganus spinus); black spinefoot; black trevally; blue-spotted trevally; spiny rabbitfish
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
blue-green bacterium; cyanobacteria; cyanobacterium
stitching together armor with indigo-dyed leather; armor stitched together with indigo-dyed leather
lightly re-dyeing something with indigo
indigo blue make-up used in kabuki
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
indigo wax shaped as an inkstick
indigo-dyed leather
indigo-dyed leather
indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
brown tinged with olive green and indigo
haüyne; hauynite
blue iron earth
Pan-Blue Coalition (Taiwan political bloc)
kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
any shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus)
blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
green-cracking russula (Russula virescens); quilted green russula; green brittlegill
Psilocybe subcaerulipes (species of psychoactive mushroom)
dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
Examples (1 in total)
Indigo blue is one of Japan's traditional colours.