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sumi
"Sumi" is not a standard German word. It might be a name or borrowed term.
In a sentence
Sumi ist ein japanischer Name.
Sumi is a Japanese name.
Here, 'Sumi' is used as a proper noun being mentioned as a personal name.
Die Tusche für die Kalligraphie wird manchmal Sumi genannt.
The ink for calligraphy is sometimes called Sumi.
In this case, 'Sumi' represents the special ink used in East Asian calligraphy.
Sumi fügte ihre Notizen dem Bericht hinzu.
Sumi added her notes to the report.
'Sumi' here is being used as the subject's name, who is performing the action in the sentence.
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