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    3. 硯

    硯

    硯すずり

    inkstone

    KMT10News #32+1NounArt & DesignKanji Vocab12 strokes

    すずり

    Noun

    1.
    inkstone

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    硯すずりと筆しつを使つかって字じを書かきます。

    I write characters using an inkstone and a brush.

    KMT6Art & DesignDaily Life
    良よい硯すずりは、墨すみの粒りゅう子しを細こまかく均きん一いつに分ぶん散さんさせる能のう力りょくがあります。

    A good inkstone has the ability to finely and uniformly disperse ink particles.

    KMT9Art & DesignScience & Math
    書しょ道どうでは、墨すみを硯すずりで擦こすって墨ぼく汁じゅうを作つくります。

    In calligraphy, ink sticks are ground on an inkstone to make ink.

    KMT10Art & DesignCulture & Traditions
    この硯すずりは、何なん百びゃく年ねんも前まえの職しょく人にんによって丁てい寧ねいに作つくられた貴き重ちょうなものです。

    This inkstone is a valuable item carefully crafted by artisans hundreds of years ago.

    KMT10Art & DesignHistoryCulture & Traditions
    昔むかしの文ぶん人じんは、お気きに入いりの硯すずりを大たい切せつにしていました。

    Scholars of old cherished their favorite inkstones.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiteratureHistory

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