black ink
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Concepts using this kanji
sumi
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)
India-ink painting
certificate
Mexico
writing in India ink
ink painting
Liceo Mexicano Japonés (Mexico)
landscape painting in black India ink
person who has been tattooed as a punishment for a crime (Edo period)
writers and artists
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
centre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.)
event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)
Japan and Mexico
inkpot
water and ink
meeting place for calligraphers and painters
graphite
Mohism
India-ink drawing
inking the outlines of a picture
old ink stick
poets and artists
marbling print
blotting out characters with ink
(piece of) chalk
printed characters (as opposed to Braille)
adherence (to custom, tradition)
blackening the face
artist
pomade mixed with lampblack (used for kabuki makeup, etc.)
ink painting style
vermillion stick
ink black
indigo wax shaped as an inkstick
people are formed by their surroundings
tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China)
inkstone well
key block (in woodblock printmaking)
brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
autographs (brushwork) of departed person
dyeing black
resuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush
clinging to old customs
priest's black robe
writing (especially of a Zen monk)
ink sac (in cephalopods)
woodblock printing done with black ink only
scented India ink
India ink
standard
stationery
diametric opposites
Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)
cuttlefish
thin India ink
thick India ink
inked marking string
pale Indian ink
ink line
squid ink
standard black (in printing)
vermilion ink stick
whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)
shoe polish
Chinese ink
banks of the Sumida river
Confucius and Mozi (ancient Chinese philosophers)
soot on the bottom of a pot or pan
bell-shaped inkstick made from pine soot and wax
ink marks
floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis)
eyebrow pencil
pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
Mitsui Sumitomo credit card
grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously
Confucianism and Mohism
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)
brush and ink
in bold, vivid brush strokes
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