indigo blue; indigo

Word usually written using kana alone

dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye)

indigo (dye)

indigo (colour)

Word usually written using kana alone; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted

Buddhism; Orig. meaning

main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)

Abbreviation; Common noun; Buddhism

temple (esp. large one); monastery

Noun, used as a suffix; Buddhism

temple building

mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot

large temple edifice; large temple

indigo blue

ball of dried, ground, fermented dyer's knotweed leaves

indigo dye

deep indigo