切きり紙かみ

noun

kirigami; paper cutting art; cut paper

Refers both to the Japanese art of cutting paper into decorative shapes (often contrasted with origami) and to the resulting cut paper or scraps. The reading きりがみ is standard for the art form.

• 子こどもと一いっ緒しょに切きり紙がみを楽たのしんだ。

  I enjoyed kirigami with my child.

• 机つくえの上うえに切きり紙がみが散ちらばっている。

  Cut paper scraps are scattered on the desk.