How to say "dyer" in Japanese

• 紺屋こうやCommon
  nounThe common word for a dyer, especially one who dyes cloth indigo or dark blue; it suits contexts of cloth dyeing as a craft or trade.
• 染め物屋そめものや
  nounMeans a dye house — the shop where dyeing is done — and, by extension, the dyer; less common than 紺屋, and the choice when the establishment rather than the individual is meant.
  染物そめもの屋やが黒くろくできないほど白しろい羊毛ようもうはない。↗

  There is no wool so white that a dyer can't make it black.
• 染め師そめし
  nounA dyer as an individual: its 師 marks a master of a craft, so it suits a skilled artisan of dyeing. Less common than the other two; it denotes the person, not the shop.

Use 紺屋 as the common, general word for a dyer (with an indigo-dyeing image), 「染め物屋」 for the dye house or shop and its dyer, and 「染め師」 for the individual craftsman who dyes.

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• 紺屋こうやdyer
• 染め物屋そめものやdyer
• 染め師そめしdyer