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Meaning of mingei | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.

uncountable

Examples

“He studied industrial ceramics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, inspired by a visit to the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1938, where he encountered mingei philosophy, and its objects, for the first time.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

minger minges minginess minging mingkulpa Minglanilla