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- Japanese · borrowed from盆石“tray rocks”
- English todaybonseki
From Japanese 盆石 (bonseki, “tray rocks”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bonseki
Today it means: The ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black lacquer trays using sand and pebbles. Full definition →
Japanese 盆石