chindogu

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chindogu

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Japanese 珍道具. Coined by Kenji Kawakami and popularized by the 1995 book "101 Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindōgu".

noun chindogu

rare An ingenious but impractical gadget intended to solve an everyday problem. A chindogu cannot be for real use […] Chindogu are tools for everyday life

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"chindogu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chindogu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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chindogu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chindogu

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"chindogu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chindogu.

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@misc{chindogu_2026,
  title = {chindogu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chindogu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}