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    3. 墨付け正月

    墨付け正月

    墨すみ付つけ​正しょう月がつ

    event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab31 strokes

    すみつけしょうがつ

    Noun

    1.
    event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)

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    Characters that make up this word

    墨
    すみ…(2)
    black ink・India ink・ink stick・Mexico
    Kanji
    付
    つ.ける・-つ.ける・-づ.ける・つ.け・つ.け-・-つ.け…(11)
    adhere・attach・refer to・append
    Kanji
    正
    ただ.しい・ただ.す・まさ・まさ.に…(7)
    correct・justice・righteous・10**40
    Kanji
    月
    つき…(7)
    month・moon
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
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