墨

artist; writer

woodblock printing done with black ink only; woodblock print made with black ink only

ink painting style

blackening the face

墨版 only; Printing

key block (in woodblock printmaking)

Printing

key plate (in 4 colors process printing); K plate

Word usually written using kana alone

golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)

Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)

inkstone well

inkpot; ink bottle

cuttlefish; squid

Proverb

grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush

resuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush

inked marking string

blotting out characters with ink

priest's black robe

Zoology

ink sac (in cephalopods)

whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)

floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis)

Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)

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

standard black (in printing); plain black; flat black; K100 black

Proverb

people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble; that which is dyed with ink becomes black

India ink; China ink

Historical term

Mohism; Moism

Historical term

tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China)

meeting place for calligraphers and painters