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amigurumi
- /ɑːmɪˈɡuːɹuːmɪ/ UK
- /ɑmiˈɡuɹumi/ US
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Borrowed from Japanese 編み包み (amigurumi), a blend of 編む (amu, “to knit”) + 縫い包み (nuigurumi, “stuffed toy”).
noun amigurumi
- The Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys, typically creatures having oversized heads. Noa has been mostly homeschooled, and is poised to graduate high school in this "severely" rural area. She has a self-described "yarn addiction" (does astounding lace work, Amigurumi, and other yarn art), and wants to learn how to work in glass, after graduation.
- Such a stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn. Pip Lincolne, owner of Meet Me At Mike's in Fitzroy, stocks cutesy, Japanese-style knitted or crochet toys, known as amigurumi. "When we started Mike's, we wanted to sell the things that we loved, which happened to be things with a childlike or nostalgic theme through them," she says. "We wanted to
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noun Japanese art of crocheting or knitting stuffed yarn toys
| 日本語 | 編み包み amigurumi |
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| Русский | амигуру́ми amigurúmi |
| العربية | اميجورومي |
| עברית | אמיגורומי |
noun stuffed toy crocheted or knitted from yarn
| 日本語 | 編み包み amigurumi |
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title = {amigurumi},
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