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    3. 紺屋

    紺屋

    紺こう屋や

    dyer

    KMT9News #28+1CoreRef L2NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    こうやこんや

    Noun

    1.
    dyer

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    紺こう屋やは布ぬのを染そめる仕し事ごとです。

    A dyer's job is to dye cloth.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsWork & Career
    江え戸ど時じ代だい、紺こう屋やは庶しょ民みんの衣い料りょうを支ささえる重じゅう要ような職しょく業ぎょうでした。

    During the Edo period, dyers were an important profession supporting the clothing of common people.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHistoryWork & Career
    紺こう屋やの店みせ先さきには、染そめ上あがったばかりの美うつくしい布ぬのが並ならんでいた。

    Beautifully dyed cloths were lined up in front of the dyer's shop.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFashion & Beauty
    「紺こう屋やの白しろ袴ばかま」ということわざは、他た人にんのために尽 くして自じ分ぶんのことがおろそかになる様よう子すを表あらわす。

    The proverb "Kouya no shirobakama" (a dyer's white hakama) describes a situation where one neglects their own affairs while working hard for others.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    紺こう屋やの技ぎ術じゅつは、藍あい染ぞめなど日 本 の伝でん統とう的てきな染せん色しょく文ぶん化かを継けい承しょうしています。

    The dyer's techniques carry on traditional Japanese dyeing culture, such as indigo dyeing.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    紺
    dark blue・navy
    屋
    や…(2)
    roof・house・shop・dealer・seller
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