indigo dyer

a kimono

to wait for a chance / to serve by one's side

(Classical Japanese) to be watching continuously, to be on watch repeatedly, to be on look out

to cry in sympathy

to have someone do something for you

attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (＝染み込ませる)

to dye / to color; to paint; to blush / (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with / (筆を染める) to start writing

Alternative form of とむらい (tomurai, “funeral”)

crying in sympathy