kintsukuroi
Meanings
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.
Word forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 金繕い (kintsukuroi, literally “golden repair”).
Synonyms
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