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dyeing cloth with dyes from plants
The traditional craft of dyeing fabric or thread using natural dyes extracted from plants such as leaves, bark, roots, or flowers.
草木染めのスカーフを買った。
I bought a plant-dyed scarf.
玉ねぎの皮で草木染めをした。
I did plant dyeing with onion skins.
草木染めは化学染料にはない自然な色合いが魅力だ。
The appeal of plant dyeing is the natural shades that chemical dyes cannot produce.
Composed of 草木 (plants, literally grass and trees) + 染め (dyeing). Refers to dyeing with natural plant-based dyes, valued for soft, natural colors. A traditional craft still practiced as a hobby and in artisan textiles.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 草木染めをする: to do plant dyeing
- 草木染めの布: plant-dyed cloth
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 藍染め: indigo dyeing — a specific, well-known type of plant dyeing using the indigo plant
- 染め物: dyed goods; dyeing — the general term for dyed fabric or the craft