墨付け正月 – vocab dash

墨すみ付つけ正しょう月がつ

Meanings

Noun

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

Kanji used

墨black ink 付attach 正correct 月moon

Composed of

墨すみ

sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

Noun

付つけ

bill; bill of sale; payment invoice; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers

Noun

正しょう月がつ

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

Noun