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)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (33 in total)
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
indigo-dyed leather
deep indigo
indigo blue; indigo
stencil dyeing produced with various shades of indigo
indigo dyer
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
dark steel blue
indigo blue; indigo
indigo-tinged grey (gray)
anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
pale cyan; pale azure
pale cyan; pale azure
synthetic indigo
Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia)
deep purple; reddish indigo
natural indigo; true indigo dye
natural indigo
indigo wax; cylindrical shape made from indigo dye froth, often by boiling the froth with caustic soda, used for coloring paintings, etc.
stitching together armor with indigo-dyed leather; armor stitched together with indigo-dyed leather
lightly re-dyeing something with indigo
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-dyed leather
indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)
green-cracking russula (Russula virescens); quilted green russula; green brittlegill
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
Oscillatoria (cyanobacteria)
brown tinged with olive green and indigo
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