bokashi
The use of a mixture of microorganisms to cover food waste to decrease smell, based on…The use of a mixture of microorganisms to cover food waste to decrease smell, based on an old Japanese farming practice.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The use of a mixture of microorganisms to cover food waste to decrease smell, based on an old Japanese farming practice.
(uncountable)A technique in Japanese woodblock printing that achieves a variation in lightness and darkness of a single colour by means of ink applied by hand in gradations, rather than uniformly.
(uncountable)The use of fogging or blurring to censor parts of an image, for example in Japanese pornography.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese ぼかし.Borrowed from Japanese ぼかし.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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