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絞り染め (しぼりぞめ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

絞しぼり染ぞめ

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Meanings

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noun

tie-dye; tie-dyeing

Refers to the traditional Japanese resist-dyeing technique where fabric is bound, folded, or twisted before dyeing, creating distinctive patterns.

絞しぼり染ぞめの浴衣ゆかたを着きて花はな火び大たい会かいに行いった。
I wore a tie-dyed yukata to the fireworks festival.
このスカーフは手て作づくりの絞しぼり染ぞめです。
This scarf is handmade tie-dye.

Written forms

絞しぼり染ぞめUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling for tie-dye.
絞しぼり染ぞめUsage13%
Abbreviated kanji spelling, less common but still seen.

Kanji

絞strangle, constrict, wring
染

dye, color, paint

Similar words

絞しぼる
絞る means 'to squeeze' or 'to wring', which is the action behind the resist-dyeing technique; 絞り染め is the resulting dyed fabric or the process itself.
染そめ物もの
染め物 is a general term for dyed goods or dyeing, while 絞り染め specifies the tie-dye method.

Etymology

Compound of 絞り (shibori, 'squeezing, wringing') + 染め (some, 'dyeing'). The term describes the resist-dyeing process where fabric is bound or twisted to create patterns.