あい
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
2. indigo (dye)
3. indigo (colour)
Kanji used
indigo
Pitch accent
Top 18900
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
indigo blue
deep indigo
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
① 藍を主色として、他の色を抑えた版画。江戸時代末期に行われ、葛飾北斎、歌川国貞などの作品に見られる。② 陶磁器に呉須を用いた藍色の絵模様。
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
① 嬰児の足、または歩行を指していう言葉。
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
pale cyan; pale azure
pale cyan; pale azure
deep purple; reddish indigo
dark steel blue
① なめし革を、藍色に染めたもの。
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
① 藍瓶に浮かんだ泡の藍を取って乾かし、棒状にしたもの。また、古い藍布に苛性ソーダ水・飴・石灰などを加えて煮出した藍を棒状にしたもの。
① 藍瓶に浮かんだ泡の藍を取って乾かし、棒状にしたもの。また、古い藍布に苛性ソーダ水・飴・石灰などを加えて煮出した藍を棒状にしたもの。
indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
brown tinged with olive green and indigo
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
indigo-dyed leather
Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
green-cracking russula (Russula virescens); quilted green russula; green brittlegill
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)