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 18700
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
indigo blue
deep indigo
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
indigo dyer
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
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
indigo-dyed leather
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
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.
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)