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inkstone

On-Yomi: ケン

Koohii stories:

1) [astridtops] 21-1-2007(23): This is not an ordinary rock, if you look carefully you will see that it is an ancient inkstone.

2) [Meconium] 17-2-2010(8): A magical inkstone was made in ancient China that was able to mix invisible ink. When the ink dried, the surface it adhered to became invisible. Unfortunately, someone used it once and forgot to wash the stone thoroughly afterwards, and when the ink dried the magical inkstone was never seen again.

3) [richcoop] 19-8-2009(6): Inkstone rubbed on ROCK allows you to SEE an image.

4) [mantixen] 27-7-2009(5): A rock that you often see (in writing) is an inkstone.

5) [icamonkey] 13-12-2009(3): An inkstone is a stone you will see on every ancient Chinese writing desk.

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