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(Japanese, {{abbr|積|積む <i>tsumu</i>, “to accumulate”}}ん{{abbr|読|読む <i>yomu</i>, “to read”}}) Buying books to read someday. | (Japanese, {{abbr|積|積む <i>tsumu</i>, “to accumulate”}}ん{{abbr|読|読む <i>yomu</i>, “to read”}}) Buying books to read someday. | ||
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Simply “the woods” in American English. A forest open enough for sunlight to reach the ground, allowing undergrowth. The wildlife is also less threatening than in darker, more primeval, forests. | Simply “the woods” in American English. A forest open enough for sunlight to reach the ground, allowing undergrowth. The wildlife is also less threatening than in darker, more primeval, forests. | ||
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(Japanese, {{abbr|木|tree}}{{abbr|漏れ|leakage}}{{abbr|日|sunshine}}) tree filtered sunlight. | |||
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(Japanese, {{abbr|森|<i>mori</i>, “forest”}}{{abbr|林|<i>hayashi</i>, “grove”}}{{abbr|浴|<i>yoku</i>, “to bathe in”, “to bask in”, <br>“to be immersed in”.}} “[[#woodland|woodland]] bathing”) A type of {{wp|nature therapy}}. Known as ''{{abbr|wald|woodland}}{{abbr|baden|bathing}}'' in German. | |||
====''waldeinsamkeit''==== | |||
''{{abbr|wald|woodland}}{{abbr|einsamkeit|solitude}}'': (German, “woodland solitude”) | |||
Revision as of 17:46, 13 March 2019
Ikea
- Gladom
- tray table, dark green
- Jerker
- desk
- Råskog
- utility cart (black, dark blue, or beige)
jebel akhdar
- Al Jebel Al Akhdar (الجبل الأخضر “the Green Mountain”)
- (الجبل الخضراء “the Green Mountains”)
kintsukuroi
(Japanese) The art of repairing pottery, with gold or silver joining the pieces, and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken.
nuorssjo
(Sámi, old norse) A bushcraft fire made from two large long logs, one atop the other, with a careful air-gap. It will burn long enough to get a nights sleep. Known in Finnish as a rakovalkea gap fire.
- nodia/nodja (Finno-Ugric) —Нодья
- nying (modern norse) a fire of two pine logs laid on each other, with kindling between. When ignited, it begins with charcoal and glow in the logs, and a mild, even heat spreads from them. Nyingen were used mostly by forest-workers, hunters and timber-floaters, who had to spend the night under the open sky.
- —nying in the Nordisk familjebok (Nordic Family-book, 2nd Edition, 1914)
- nuorssjo (Swedish), den bästa stockelden (“the best logfire”)
- —Ryd, Yngve (2005) Eld: Flammor och glöd – samisk eldkonst (Swedish, “Fire: Flames and glow – sami firework”) ISBN 978-9127107502
- —Kirtley, Paul (2018) Sámi Nuorssjo: the Best Log Fire
- rakovalkea (Finnish, lit. “gap-fire”)
- —Aitchison, George (2014) How To…. Build a Finnish Rakovalkea Gap Fire
- —Perkunas (2011) Rakovalkea, a gapfire or maybe a longfire.
- nudher (old Swedish, lit. “wood dock”)
skeuomorph
A “retained but no longer functional stylistic feature.” from skeuos (σκεῦος), meaning ‘container or tool’, and morphḗ (μορφή), meaning ‘shape’.
tsundoku
(Japanese, 積ん読) Buying books to read someday.
woodland
Simply “the woods” in American English. A forest open enough for sunlight to reach the ground, allowing undergrowth. The wildlife is also less threatening than in darker, more primeval, forests.
komorebi
(Japanese, 木漏れ日) tree filtered sunlight.
shinrin’yoku
(Japanese, 森林浴 “woodland bathing”) A type of nature therapy. Known as waldbaden in German.
waldeinsamkeit
waldeinsamkeit: (German, “woodland solitude”)