硯（すずり）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: inkstone
Example sentences
- 硯で墨をする。 — To grind ink on an inkstone.
- 古い硯を大切に使う。 — He treasures and carefully uses an old inkstone.
Idioms & proverbs containing “硯”
- 磨穿鉄硯 (ませんてっけん) — showing unyielding diligence in one's studies; wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying
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