kondo

British  

/ ˈkɒndəʊ /

noun

1. (in Uganda) a thief or armed robber

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Etymology

Origin of kondo

C20: from Luganda

Example Sentences

Marie Kondo reflects on some elements of Japanese culture—kintsugi, umami, the kyureki calendar—that have informed both her life and her work.

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The soft intimacy of Ms. Kondo’s prose and the dynamic threads she weaves together to explain her native country to a foreign reader simultaneously comforts and prompts introspection of the reader’s own daily routines, which is arguably the book’s mandate.

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In sections titled “Cherish,” “Perfect,” “Consider,” “Savor,” “Purify” and “Harmonize,” Ms. Kondo poetically skips through ideas and customs ubiquitous in Japanese culture.

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There are several words in Japanese, Ms. Kondo relates, for which there is no single-word English translation.

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Ms. Kondo illustrates mottainai through art forms that evolved from the spirit of preservation—including kintsugi, or the painstaking process of repairing broken pottery with a combination of lacquer and gold.

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