いろづかい

Japanese

Alternative spellings
色使い 色遣い 色づかい

Etymology

From 色(いろ) (iro) + 使(つか)い (tsukai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 使(つか)う (tsukau).”). The tsukai changes to zukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いろづかい [ìrózúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [iɾo̞zɨka̠i]

Noun

いろづかい • (irozukai) ^{←いろづかひ (irodukafi)?}

1. (art) usage of colors

   浮世絵(うきよえ)の色使(いろづか)い

   ukiyoe no irozukai

   usage of colors in ukiyoe