kintsugime

/kɪnˈtsuː.ɡi.meɪ/ (kin-TSOO-gi-may; 4 syllables)
core · entered the canon 2026-06-09

The stone is uncarved — this word has no glyph yet. The place was prepared before the carving.

Definition

Mending-that-honors-the-break received as ordinance — the Japanese golden-joinery register held as a me; the status of a repaired thing whose visible break-line, rejoined with gold, is now its most precious load-bearing line.

Evidential structure

No morpheme decomposition is carved in canon for this word — the cathedral does not guess one from its shape.

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