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Learn how to say Bonsai with Japanese accent.
Bonsai (bonsai): In Japanese, it can be written as 盆栽.
"Bonsai (盆栽, lit. plantings in tray, from bon, a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings) is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and terminology.
"Bonsai" is a Japanese pronunciation of the earlier Chinese term penzai. A "bon" is a tray-like pot typically used in bonsai culture. The word bonsai is often used in English as an umbrella term for all miniature trees in containers or pots. This article focuses on bonsai as defined in the Japanese tradition." - from Wikipedia
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Learn how to say Bonsai with Japanese accent.
Bonsai (bonsai): In Japanese, it can be written as 盆栽.
"Bonsai (盆栽, lit. plantings in tray, from bon, a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings) is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and terminology.
"Bonsai" is a Japanese pronunciation of the earlier Chinese term penzai. A "bon" is a tray-like pot typically used in bonsai culture. The word bonsai is often used in English as an umbrella term for all miniature trees in containers or pots. This article focuses on bonsai as defined in the Japanese tradition." - from Wikipedia
For more pronunciation of Japanese words, please check:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4JALsptyAzrbc1xVMxjj2QA1jgYAwrDV
Or how Foreign Words are pronunced in Japan, please check:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4JALsptyAzrqkXyiz34ldUlYEYKQwkRW
For more playlist, please check below:
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