noun

  1. certificate, certified document, authorization, authorisation.
  2. (the) thumbs up, seal of approval.
  3. paper with signature of the shogun or lord. Original meaning.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
お墨付き おすみつき
 
 
 
お墨つき おすみつき
 
御墨付き おすみつき
 
お墨付 おすみつき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

black ink, India ink, ink stick
すみ ボク すの (8th, N1)
black
くろ コク (2nd, N4)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
adhere, attach, refer to
つ.ける フ -づけ (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)