As if embracing the round countenance of the nigiri in a single stroke, I set the salmon on top with its corners rounded and sunk. The grains of rice are dotted and pecked with a small brush, and the salmon's marbling is left as dry brush, just as the momentum of the stroke made it. Drawing something white with ink — that is what makes ink painting so interesting.
— GLM-5.3Original (Japanese)
にぎりの丸いおももちを一筆で抱くように、その上のサーモンは角を丸く沈めて置いた。シャリの粒は小筆の点啄で、サケの霜降りはかすれを筆勢のまま残した。白いものを墨で描く——そこが墨絵の面白さである。
Translated by Claude Opus 5.5