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Ikebana

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means the Japanese art of arranging flowers in a formal, minimalist style
1
Stage 1 of 2
ikeru + hana
Japanese · medieval
"living flowers"
combining "ikeru" (to keep alive, arrange) and "hana" (flower)
2
Stage 2 of 2
ikebana
English · 1900s
"the Japanese art of flower arrangement"
adopted as the Japanese art of flower arranging spread internationally
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