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：2026/01/03
藍
Hiragana
あい
Noun
abbreviation
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Japanese Meaning
アイ目（タデ目タデ科の一年草）で、青色の染料を得るために古くから栽培されてきた植物。また、その葉から採れる青色の染料。転じて、その染料による深い青色や青藍色も指す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
そめものに使うくさのなまえ。くきやはからとるあおくふかいいろ。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
蓼蓝；用于蓝染的植物 / 靛蓝色（源自蓝草染料的颜色）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
蓼藍（可製靛藍的染料植物） / 靛藍染料 / 藍色／靛藍色
Korean Meaning
쪽풀 / 쪽빛(인디고색)
Vietnamese Meaning
cây chàm (Persicaria tinctoria) / màu chàm (màu lam đậm)
Tagalog Meaning
halamang pinagmumulan ng anil / kulay anil
Sense（1）
the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria
Sense（2）
the color indigo, from the dye processed from the stems and leaves of various indigo plants
Sense（3）
Short for 藍蝋 (airō): indigo pigment made from boiled-down indigo dye liquid
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（ hiragana historical ）
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Quizzes for review
the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria / the color indigo, from the dye processed from the stems and leaves of various indigo plants
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藍
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There is a beautiful indigo plant in my garden.
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私の庭には美しい藍が植えられています。
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