sugi

American  

[soo-gee] / ˈsu gi /

noun

plural

sugi, sugis

1. Japan cedar.

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Etymology

Origin of sugi

From Japanese

Example Sentences

I’m burning wood and making what they call shou sugi ban.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Midcentury Modern architecture and Japanese shou sugi ban wood exteriors.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2019

“I wanted to do it in shou sugi ban style because it is super chic and you don’t have to do anything to it,” Ackermann says of the ancient Japanese technique.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2019

Rather than use energy-intensive metal, a Japanese wood-burning technique called shou sugi ban was used to blacken Kjørbo’s new façade.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2018

I will plant a thousand hinoki, a thousand sugi, a thousand karamatsu.

From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Hearn, Lafcadio