Etymograph

English

kintsugi

Kintsugi comes from Japanese 金継ぎ.

  1. Japanesemodern金継ぎ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015kintsugi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern金継ぎ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2015kintsugi

Earliest quotation: 2015, Patrick Healy, For Christopher Shinn, Confronting Death Brings a New Play t: “In rehearsals here the director, Oliver Butler, has brought…”

The story

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 金継ぎ (kintsugi, literally “golden repair, golden joinery”).

Every English word from Japanese 金継ぎ

Today it means

noun The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or similar material, highlighting the cracks instead of disguising them.

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Etymograph / Japanese 金継ぎ / kintsugi

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