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藍革縅

あいかわおどし
stitching together an amor with indigo-dyed leather; armor stiched together with indigo-dyed leather
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山藍

やまあい、やまい、ヤマアイ
Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)
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藍摺り

藍摺
あいずり
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow); staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
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藍色細菌

あいいろさいきん
blue-green bacterium; cyanobacteria; cyanobacterium
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玉藍

たまあい
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
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藍汁

藍澱
あいしる
mixture of lime and fermented indigo leaves after the indigo dye has precipitated from the leaves (byproduct in the process of creating indigo dye)
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藍紫色

らんししょく
violet tinged with indigo
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藍玉

あいだま
ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves
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藍紙

あいがみ
indigo-dyed paper; indigo paper; spiderwort-dyed paper
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藍鮫

あいざめ、アイザメ
any shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus)