墨付け すみつけ Meanings Noun blackening the face Kanji 墨 ink. Read as すみ. 付 attach. Read as つけ. Words containing 墨付け 墨付け正月 (すみつけしょうがつ) event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region) Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists