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Definition of Tsutsumu
1. Noun. the Japanese art of wrapping items in an attractive and appropriate manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tsutsumu
1. the Japanese art of wrapping [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tsutsumu
Literary usage of Tsutsumu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japanese Poetry: The 'uta' by Arthur Waley (1919)
"-tsutsu reduplicative suffix: eg K- tsutsu keeps on saying. tsutsumi embankment.
tsutsumu to wrap up. tsuyu dew. u (2nd C.) to get, be able. uchi within. ..."
2. A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1898)
"... a kind of azalea. tsutsumi(-mono), a parcel. tsutsumu, to wrap up. tsuyo,
circulation : tsuyo sum, to circulate (as money). tsuyoi, strong. tsuyu, ..."
3. Every-day Japan by Arthur Lloyd (1909)
"Shin wa futari no Mune tsutsumu aya." The literal translation runs as follows : "
The God-like is only the heart that loves me : Faith is the mesh that ..."
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