臙えん脂じ

noun

dark-red pigment; rouge

Refers to a traditional dark-red pigment, historically used in cosmetics and dyeing. The word itself is not commonly used in everyday conversation; the pigment is more often referred to by its modern name or described as えんじ色.

• 昔むかしの紅べには、臙えん脂じという顔がん料りょうから作つくられていた。

  Old-fashioned rouge was made from a pigment called えんじ.

noun

dark red; deep red

Abbreviation of 臙脂色 (えんじいろ). Used as a color name, but in modern Japanese the full form えんじ色 is much more common. The standalone えんじ is mostly seen in traditional or literary contexts.

See also: えんじ色

• 彼かの女じょは臙えん脂じの着き物ものを着きていた。

  She wore a dark-red kimono.

noun

cochineal

Refers to the cochineal insect or the red dye derived from it. This sense is technical and historical; the modern term is コチニール.

See also: 生臙脂

• 臙えん脂じは、カイガラムシから採とれる染せん料りょうの一いっ種しゅだ。

  Cochineal is a type of dye obtained from scale insects.