sugi
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sugi
From Japanese
Example Sentences
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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
Moreover, upon its body grow moss and sugi and hinoki trees.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
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