Depending on how the Martensite looks, the Hamon (blade pattern) that looks like round particles on the surface of the metal to the naked eye, is called Nie (literally "boiling"), and separates from the Nioi (literally "scent") that looks like fine lines because the individual particles cannot be distinguished.
マルテンサイトの入り方によって、肉眼で地鉄の表面に刃文が丸い粒子状に見えるものを錵（にえ）又は沸（にえ）と呼び、一つひとつの粒子が見分けられず細かい白い線状に見えるものを匂（におい）と区別する。