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Second reason we watch 👅

Indeed

Is there a a reason that the Kana-writing is in Katakana? My Japanese is very rudimentary but I've never seen Katakana used in such a traditionally japanese field like Bonsai.

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I know what you mean. But more content usually means less quality and I don't think we want that.

Totally agree! LOL! Also love that Bjorn has no issue with bringing it up.

People just don’t realize that most people from Bjorn’s birth generation had to travel to Japan to get an education in traditional Bonsai, which I’d imagine would require him to speak Japanese to an extent.

@@MrRemakes exactly, people just feel like they have an education in stuff they know nothing about

I could try to help you, if you want to know some of those words.

He is one gorgeous hunk of a man. Oh and an expert bonsai master as well :)

Yes

Mochikomi A standard term to refer to the years of cultivation of a bonsai tree. It means the years of cultivation as bonsai in a pot. For example, one expression is that '''Mochikomi' is old.'' This is a description of a bonsai tree that brews a sense of antiquity and rich taste on its trunks and branches after being grown in a pot for a long period of time. A bonsai tree that is cultivated in a pot for a long period will naturally have a sense of elegance. Its trunks and branches brew a sense of the traditional Japanese aesthetics of ''wabi'' and ''sabi.'' So, whether ''mochikomi'' is old or not will decide the value of the tree. Cheers, Hans van Meer.

@@HansKaramottoBonsai Thanks Hans. I see you asked/answered the same question some time ago too!

Cheers good video

he did do a video of repotting this tree: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bM59nbd0qcqwnY0.html

新木 _araki_ = 新 new + 木 tree. Nice looking trees from nature that are collected but not worked on yet. So maybe you could call it something like a collected pre-bonsai.

I would assume it's down to a combination of historical reasons and force of habit. Bonsai is a Japanese art form, after all. And it's not unique. It's similar to how a lot of, say, classical music terminology is Italian (allegro, pizzicato, adagio, etc).

because the knowledge obtained mostly from the people study from Japan and China. I think people use Japanese tern because the language is easier to remember for western people compare to Chinese. Of course you can use your own language to specify a term, but when it come to international communication, one universial term is easier for everybody to communicate. Or maybe it's just because Japanese sound cool. idk

The ability to absorb vocabulary from other languages is, in fact, the greatest strength of the English language.

@@GeirFriestad Very interesting point about the classical music terminology.

@@1hayes1 The ability to absorb vocabulary from other languages is not something unique to English. I agree that it does have benefits.