word of the moment
(PENDING: The Japanese sound bites are smaller than our syllables. Here's a neat term for the Nippon ones (on / ji / morae) http://bit.ly/syllabet )
A rare word which hints of a geometrical shape, or toreador's twirl, but is in fact nothing to do with spacial description or blood sports at all - well maybe tangentially...
Japanese to English Dictionary
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html
Results for 'tori'
Japanese English
tori tenth sign of Chinese zodiac
tori in the heart
tori bird, fowl, poultry
Results for 'awase'
Japanese English
awase joint together (pref), opposite, facing
awase lined kimono
AN INITIAL RESPONSE The general idea is one of an 'assembly' of disparate items in a thoughtful manner, presumably with some intention or other in mind. I'd say that this compilation could be thoughtless also, as we might find in the deployment of random objects in our field of vision (and other senses) as we scope around us - perhaps out walking in the wilds, or in an urban environment. [Gestalt] In the various Japanese usages of the two words (rather than the mistaken[?] coupling of them) there seems to be a possible emphasis, set against the general notion of gathering together, of the juxtaposition of two distinct elements. For example, the 10th sign of the Chinese zodiac is The Rooster, herald of dawn's division of the passing of night and a new day aborning. With the kimono we have a contrast between lining and outer garment. The question of single image haiku comes to mind, but is this an oxymoron? The evocative 'dream-space' between the contrasting elements is ma. The kireji (cutting word/punctuation) is the facing edge of each element. - ma space, room, time, pause
ma just (prefix), right, due (east), pure, genuine
kire cloth, piece, cut, chop, strip, slice, scrap
ji love, be affectionate to, pity
ji character, hand-writing
ji child
ji emperor's seal
ji order (suf), sequence, times, next, below
junction/disjunction
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