金きん継つぎ

noun

kintsugi; golden joinery

Traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or other precious metals, highlighting the cracks rather than hiding them.

• 祖そ母ぼは割われた茶ちゃ碗わんを金きん継つぎで直なおした。

  My grandmother repaired the broken tea bowl with kintsugi.

• 金きん継つぎは、傷きずを美うつくしさに変かえる日に本ほんの伝でん統とう技ぎ術じゅつだ。

  Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese technique that turns flaws into beauty.