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What does 墨 (すみ, sumi) mean?

墨 (すみ, sumi) means India ink.

Quick facts
Readingすみ
Romajisumi
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
すみ
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsumi

India ink

  1. 1noun sumi; India ink; Chinese ink
  2. 2noun squid ink; octopus ink
  3. 3noun carpenter's inking string

Example sentences

  • I wrote my name with ink.

  • In calligraphy, you use ink.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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