Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese home, an adult guides a child's hand as they rub a solid rectangular ink stick against the wet grinding surface of an inkstone. A glossy pool of black ink collects in the stone's deeper reservoir.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

墨すみ

sumi

calligraphy ink, ink stick

Example sentences

  1. 墨すみを染料せんりょうとして使つかうと面白おもしろい模様もようができます。

    India ink produces an interesting pattern when used as a dye.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 墨すみが固形こけいの場合ばあい、水みずも必要ひつようとなる。

    Water is also required if Sumi is solid.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 次つぎに型かたからはずした墨すみを乾かわかす。

    Then remove the ink from the mold, and dry it.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 墨

  • 墨black ink; India inkOnボクKunすみ

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