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])[1]
  • (Tokyo) すみつき​ [sùmítsúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • 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

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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