墨すみ
Meanings
Noun
1. sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake
Um, is this sumi ink?
2. squid ink; octopus ink
When attacked by an enemy, a squid squirts ink.
3. carpenter's inking string
Kanji used
black ink
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
squid ink
ink painting
ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces; inkpot; ink bottle
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)
inkpot; ink bottle; inking; going over in ink
inked marking string
ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces; inkpot; ink bottle
ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces; inkpot; ink bottle
diametric opposites; night and day; black and white; (lit.) snow and ink
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
marbling print; paper marbling
squid ink
inked marking string
blackening the face
key block (in woodblock printmaking); key plate (in 4 colors process printing); K plate
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
blotting out characters with ink
resuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush
inked marking string
Mitsui Sumitomo credit card
resuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush
floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis)
standard black (in printing); plain black; flat black; K100 black
Examples (6 in total)
Um, is this sumi ink?
My hands turned black from the octopus ink.
When attacked by an enemy, a squid squirts ink.