いろづかい

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
色使い
色遣い
色づかい

Etymology

From 色(いろ) (iro) + 使(つか)い (tsukai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 使(つか)う (tsukau).”). The tsukai changes to zukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

いろづかい • (irozukai) ←いろづかひ (irodukafi)?

  1. (art) usage of colors
    浮世絵(うきよえ)の色使(いろづか)い
    ukiyoe no irozukai
    usage of colors in ukiyoe

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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