墨

Meaning

墨 centers on the dark, solid substance used for writing and drawing: black ink, an ink stick, or India ink. The country name Mexico is a phonetic borrowing unrelated to the core meaning.

• 墨すみ
  N2

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

• 眉墨まゆずみ

  eyebrow pencil

• お墨付きおすみつき

  certificate; certified document; authorization; authorisation

• 入れ墨いれずみ

  tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

• 水墨すいぼく

  water and ink

• 墨汁ぼくじゅう

  India ink; China ink

• 墨絵すみえ

  ink painting

• 墨書ぼくしょ

  writing in India ink

• 薄墨うすずみ

  thin India ink; diluted ink

• 水墨画すいぼくが

  India-ink painting; ink wash painting

• イカの墨いかのすみ

  squid ink

• イカ墨いかすみ

  squid ink

• 中墨なかずみ

  centre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.); center line

• 伊寿墨いすずみ

  brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

• 儒墨じゅぼく

  Confucianism and Mohism; Confucianism and the teachings of Mozi

• 入墨者いれずみもの

  person who has been tattooed as a punishment for a crime (Edo period)

• 古墨こぼく

  old ink stick

• 唐墨からすみ

  Chinese ink

• 墨ぼく

  Mexico

• 墨つぼすみつぼ

  ink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces

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