Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あい
Grade: S
そめ > ぞめ
Grade: 6

Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Compound of 藍染(あいぞめ) (aizome) + () (ya).

First cited in the 1710s.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(あい)(ぞめ)() (aizomeyaあゐぞめや (awizomeya)?

  1. [from 1710s] indigo dyer

References edit

  1. ^ 藍染屋”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN