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Japanese

Kanji in this term
藍 染
あい
Grade: S 		そ > ぞ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
藍染

Etymology

Compound of 藍(あい) (ai, “indigo color”) + 染(そ)め (some, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 染(そ)める (someru, “to dye”).). The some changes to zome as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First attested in 927.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

藍(あい)染(ぞ)め • (aizome) ←あゐぞめ (awizome)?

  1. indigo-dyed textile

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “藍染”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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