すみ – Vocabulary details

すみ

Noun

1. sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake

あの、これって墨すみですか？Um, is this sumi ink?

2. squid ink; octopus ink

イカは敵てきに襲おそわれると墨すみを吐はく。When attacked by an enemy, a squid squirts ink.

3. carpenter's inking string

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squid ink

squid ink

ink painting

あの、これってすみですか？

Um, is this sumi ink?

タコのすみで手てが真まっ黒くろになった。

My hands turned black from the octopus ink.

イカは敵てきに襲おそわれるとすみを吐はく。

When attacked by an enemy, a squid squirts ink.

習しゅう字じの前まえに、すみを擦すっておいた。

I ground the ink stick before calligraphy practice.

すみは大たい量りょうに必ひつ要ようだから、安やすいものを選えらんだのでしょう？

Since a large amount of ink is needed, you chose a cheap one, didn't you?

ちなみに、紙かみやすみも貴き重ちょうなので基き本ほん的てきに使し用ようしない。

By the way, since paper and ink are also precious, they are basically not used.

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