noun

  1. blackening the face.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
墨付け すみつけ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

black ink, India ink, ink stick
すみ ボク すの (Late Jr. High, N1)
black
くろ コク (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
adhere, attach, refer to
つ.ける フ -づけ (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)