Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The Japanese art of cutting and folding paper into ornamental objects or designs.

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  • noun Origami, with cutting permitted.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese : kiri, to cut + kami, paper.]

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From Japanese 切り紙 (きりがみ, kirigami)

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Examples

  • Maybe that hampers my writing, or maybe my writing gets in the way of kirigami, which gets in the way of my guitar practice, which prevents me from mastering watercolors, which prevents me from theology, ... etc. so forth, probably back to birth.

    Diet Soap joshenglish 2006

  • One blogger who attended the 2009 event deemed it a success and was particularly impressed by a demonstration of kirigami and the way that it can be used to make cards.

    PR Leap - Recent News Releases 2010

  • Japanese art of kirigami, which includes cutting of a folded paper.

    Ars Technica Ars Staff 2010

  • Activities during the day will include exploring a floating Japanese tea room, constructing a kirigami structure, planting and seeding a biodegradable cow pot, watching the Washington Ballet and listening to the Suzuki Strings being performed by youth from the Levine School of Music.

    Bladewire - Washington Blade 2009

  • Students from Chaparral and Coronado elementary schools in Higley were taught the Japanese art of kirigami to shape snowflakes that were then attached to artwork representing Arizona.

    azcentral.com | news 2009

  • The paper art in making the stars is similar to kirigami, which involves both cutting and folding paper.

    Local News from The Dispatch | Lexington, NC 2009

  • Nippostrongylus kendo kyu nisei kesa-gatame kyudo No keyaki linked verse nogaku kiaki mai noh kibei maiko nori kiku makimono norimon Kikuchi mama-san norito kikumon mamushi noshi kikyo mana notan ki-mon matsu nunchakus kimono matsuri oban kimono sleeve matsuyama, adj. obang kin mebos obe kiri medaka obi kirigami Meiji odori kirimon menuki ofuro kirin metake o-goshi koan miai oiran mikado ojime sub mikan Okayama, adj. kobang Mikimoto Okazaki kobe, adj.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1 1982

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  • Japanese term for folded paper with small cuts (like origami... but not origami).

    kiru = "to cut"

    kami = "paper"

    November 14, 2007