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JLPT N3 · Noun

墨 (sumi)

墨 (すみ, sumi) is a Japanese noun meaning “sumi; India ink”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
すみ
Romaji
sumi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

墨を染料として使うと面白い模様ができます。
India ink produces an interesting pattern when used as a dye.
Tatoeba #81683

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 墨

墨
black ink, India ink, ink stickボク・すみ · 14 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1521510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.