丹塗り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	塗
に Grade: S	ぬ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 丹 (ni, “red lacquer, vermillion”) + 塗り (nuri, “painting”).

Noun

丹(に)塗(ぬ)り • (ninuri) 

1. the act of painting something vermillion or cinnabar
2. something so painted
3. someone who paints using vermillion lacquer as a profession