布: cloth

to dye / to color; to paint; to blush / (手を染める) to set about; to be involved with / (筆を染める) to start writing

attaches to the continuative form (連用形) of a verb: to get the color or smell through something (＝染み込ませる)

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

cloth / (US) Short for 布哇 (“Hawaii (a state and former kingdom in the United States)”).

the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria / the color indigo / kanji used to transliterate Buddhist terms borrowed from Sanskrit

the Japanese indigo or Chinese indigo plant, Persicaria tinctoria / the color indigo, from the dye processed from the stems and leaves of various indigo plants

a female given name / a surname

【Noun】cloth; fabric / 【Verb】spread; distribute; propagate / 【Verb/Noun】reveal; expose; disclose

use one thing for many purposes / work someone hard