Word Meaning イカ墨

いかすみ ikasumi

イカ墨 is read as いかすみ (ikasumi) and means squid ink.

Meaning

English

squid ink

Reading

Kana

いかすみ

Romaji

ikasumi

Writing Variants

烏賊墨 いかすみ ikasumi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Rank 148858 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

入れ墨

いれずみ

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)

日墨

にちぼく

Japan and Mexico

中墨

なかずみ

centre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.)

水墨

すいぼく

ink painting

石墨

せきぼく

graphite

白墨

はくぼく

(piece of) chalk

古墨

こぼく

old ink stick

赤墨

あかずみ

vermillion stick

遺墨

いぼく

autographs (brushwork) of departed person

水墨画

すいぼくが

India-ink painting

墨絵

すみえ

ink painting

墨付き

すみつき

paper with signature of the shogun or lord

Example Sentences

イカ墨を初めて料理に使った人は何を思ってそんなことしたんだろう。

I wonder what the person who cooked with squid ink for the first time was thinking.