Illustration: In a small textile workshop, a pale cotton cloth hangs from a wooden support with its lower edge resting in a shallow dye bath. A dark band has soaked into the submerged portion, and an uneven boundary of color is visibly creeping upward through the fibers.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

染そまる

somaru

to be dyed, to take on a color

Example sentences

錦にしきあやなす木々きぎで山やまが染そまっていた。
The mountainside was ablaze with the autumn colors of the trees.
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火ひの暖気だんきで彼女かのじょのほおが赤あかく染そまった。
Her cheeks were tinged with red by the warmth of fire.
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彼女かのじょのほおは薄うすく桃色ももいろに染そまっていた。
Her cheeks were tinged with pink.
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Kanji in 染

染dye; colorOnセンKunそめる・そまる・しみる

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