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Jun 1, 2020
This week’s themeWords borrowed from Japanese This week’s words sensei 
With and without bokeh
Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Previous week’s theme What the h... 
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with Anu GargYou may know Japan as the land that gave us manga and anime, ikebana and bonsai, and more. It’s also a place of high technology and deep enlightenment. It’s a place where they may be working on the gadget that can make a cup of tea in seconds. It’s also the place where learning how to properly make and serve tea can take years. Of all the places I have visited around the world, Japan remains among my most favorite. This week we’ll take you to Japan through five words from Japanese that we have borrowed into the English language. bokeh
PRONUNCIATION:
(BOH-kay/kuh)
MEANING:
noun: The blurred effect in a photograph, typically as a soft out-of-focus
background, that results in a pleasing effect and helps to draw
attention to the subject of the photograph.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Japanese boke (blur, haze) or boke-aji (blur quality). Earliest
documented use: 1997.
USAGE:
“All I remember now are those lights that decorated my soul behind a bokeh.” Mukhpreet Khurana; Unlocked Silences; Notion Press; 2018. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it. -Alanis
Morissette, musician (b. 1 June 1974)
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