Definitions

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  • noun the Japanese art of wrapping items in an attractive and appropriate manner

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Examples

  • Itsumo no kaerimichi o zawameku machi no oto ga tsutsumu

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  • Ryukyu shogi tsuba Ryukyuan shogoin turnip tsubo sabi shogun Tsuga sakai, adj. shogunate tsugaresinol sakaki shoji tsunami sake shomio tsurugi sakura Showa tsutsugamushi samisen shoya disease samsien shoyu tsutsugamushi mite samurai shubunkin tsutsumu san Shuha, adj. tycoon Sanda ware sika udo sanpaku, adj.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1 1982

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  • What exactly is an appropriate manner?

    February 17, 2018

  • *agrees this is a good question, appropriately*

    February 19, 2018

  • With a furoshiki?

    February 21, 2018