すみつき

Japanese

Alternative spelling
墨付き

Alternative forms

• (honorific) お墨(すみ)付(つ)き (o-sumitsuki)

Etymology

From 墨(すみ) (sumi) + 付(つ)き (tsuki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 付(つ)く (tsuku).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すみ​つき [sùmíꜜtsùkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) すみつき​ [sùmítsúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝmʲit͡sɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

すみつき • (sumitsuki) ^{←すみつき (sumituki)?}

1. seal of approval

   政(せい)策(さく)にお墨(すみ)付(つ)きを与(あた)える

   seisaku ni o-sumitsuki o ataeru

   to give one's seal of approval to a government policy