墨
ボク
すみ
black ink; India ink; ink stick; Mexico
Words
墨譜
ぼくふ はかせ
- pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) n
墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよ
すみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよ
- grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush exp proverb
墨付け正月
すみつけしょうがつ
- event where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region n
墨袋
すみぶくろ
- ink sac (in cephalopods) n
藍墨
あいずみ
- indigo wax shaped as an inkstick n