ghibli

American  

[gib-lee] / ˈgɪb li /

noun

1. a hot dust-bearing wind of the North African desert.

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ghibli British  

/ ˈɡɪblɪ /

noun

1. a fiercely hot wind of North Africa

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Etymology

Origin of ghibli

First recorded in 1820–25; from dialectal Arabic gibli “south wind,” akin to Arabic qiblī literally, “southern”

Example Sentences

Film programming includes three major hits: a film music concert of Joe Hisaishi’s Studio Ghibli scores featuring clips from iconic films such as “Princess Mononoke,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Ponyo”; a celebration of music from the world of Wes Anderson; and a musical tribute to Williams featuring a 50-minute compilation of scenes from his most popular films.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearly five years later, dozens of drawings, storyboards and other elements created for the film and gifted to the Los Angeles institution by Miyazaki's world-famous Studio Ghibli are going on display.

From Barron's

Though the film’s look is heavily indebted to that of Japan’s Studio Ghibli, its simplistic visuals and jerky motion come across as limp imitation rather than endearing tribute; “Arco” is likely to bore all but the youngest children.

From The Wall Street Journal

Representatives for Studio Ghibli also appear, offering a voice of reason in the madness, saying, “You cannot just do whatever you want with someone else’s IP.”

From Los Angeles Times

It echoes the real response Studio Ghibli had when Sora 2 emerged, arguing that OpenAI likely used its content and other Japanese art as machine learning data.

From Los Angeles Times