Amai
While amai is sweet in Japanese, the word is used to indicate the volume of sprinkling water. In other words, one may say ”water is ‘amai”’ to mean that a bonsai tree is sprinkled many times a day.
translated by Kyodo News
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A collection of bonsai-related technical terms.
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