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JLPT N1

盆栽

Bonsai is the traditional Japanese art of growing miniature trees. It’s also the word for the tiny, carefully shaped trees themselves.

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Noun

Bonsai" (The Art and The Plant)

A term for both the art of cultivating miniature trees in containers to mimic nature, and the resulting plant itself.

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祖父 の 趣味 は 盆栽 です 。

My grandfather's hobby is bonsai.

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Bonsai is the traditional Japanese art of growing miniature trees. It's also the word for the tiny, carefully shaped trees themselves.
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