墨

How to remember it

Black soot ink, ground with water on a stone for calligraphy and sumi-e.

Example sentences

• 墨で字を書く。

  すみでじをかく。

  I write characters with sumi ink.

• 墨をすって、筆をとった。

  すみをすって、ふでをとった。

  I ground the ink and took up the brush.

Usage

Refers to solid soot ink sticks for calligraphy, not liquid pen ink (インク).

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