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nounThe Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or similar material, highlighting the cracks instead of disguising them.
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Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 金繕い (kintsukuroi, literally “golden repair”).
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kintsukuroi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kintsukuroi
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“kintsukuroi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kintsukuroi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kintsukuroi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kintsukuroi.
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