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chiyogami en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌtʃɪjəʊˈɡɑːmɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 千代紙 (ちよがみ, chiyogami, “gaily colored paper”, literally “paper of a thousand worlds”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The repeating pattern found in many origami papers, originally applied with wood blocks, but now mainly using silkscreen techniques.

Relateds

origami · kirigami