kintsugi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/kɪntˈsuːɡi/

Word forms

kintsugi

Etymology

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

Synonyms

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.