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- Japanese · derived from借景
- English todayborrowed scenery
From calque translation of Chinese 借景 (jièjǐng), or Japanese 借景 (shakkei).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
borrowed scenery
Today it means: The principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design. Full definition →
Japanese 借景