絞り染め

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 絞り染め (しぼりぞめ) is a noun for resist-dyeing cloth by binding or compressing parts of it, commonly rendered as tie-dyeing.
• Basic usage: It can name the dyeing technique or a pattern produced by that technique.
  • 布を糸で縛って絞り染めに挑戦した。 — We tied the cloth with thread and tried tie-dyeing it.
  • 職人が絞り染めの模様を見せてくれた。 — The artisan showed us a tie-dyed pattern.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Technique and result
  • 絞り染め is more specific than general 染色, dyeing. 絞り染めの模様 refers to a pattern made through that technique.