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Aritomo, a fascinating character, the embodiment of this novel’s eloquent mystery, is not only a master gardener but an artist, a master of ukiyo-e, woodblock prints of “the floating world,” themselves expressions of fleeting beauty and impermanence. Aritomo is also a tattoo artist, and the novel culminates in a spellbinding ritual of inking, as Aritomo creates a horimono covering Yun Ling’s back. The tattoo captures all the things that should be remembered when designing a garden, “every aspect” of which, he teaches her, “is a form of deception.” And yet, somehow, the gardeners’ tricks hint at deeper truths — perspectives that, though they might be borrowed, are also grounding and ennobling.
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verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to move very fast, especially in what seems a dangerous way:
The truck came hurtling towards us.
The explosion sent pieces of metal and glass hurtling through the air.
hurtle
[hə'ːrtl]
1 突進する, 高速で動く；〈石・矢・車などが〉音を立てて進む((down, along, through))
The spacecraft hurtled back into the earth's atmosphere.
宇宙船は地球の大気圏に猛スピードで再突入した.
宇宙船は地球の大気圏に猛スピードで再突入した.
2 （…に）衝突する((against ...)).
3 〈音などが〉鳴り渡る.
━━(他)
1 …を突進させる；…を投げつける.
2 …と衝突する.
━━grounding
- [gráundiŋ]
[名]
2 下塗り, （染色の）下地.
3 《電気》接地.
4 ((米))（子供への）外出禁止の罰.Noun
grounding (plural groundings)- The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.
- The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
- The permanence of aircraft on land because of government action.
- (electrical engineering) The interconnecting metal chassis/frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the Service Panel. The conductor may be bare or covered (with green plastic which may have a yellow stripe (US).) This conductor does NOT carry current in normal operation.
- The absorption of energy through visualized "roots" descending from oneself into the ground, using Qi.
Verb
grounding- Present participle of ground.
ennoble
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English
Etymology
Middle English ennoblen, from Old French ennoblir.Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊbəl
Verb
ennoble (third-person singular simple present ennobles, present participle ennobling, simple past and past participle ennobled)- To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.
- To ennoble textile fabrics, the industrial processes of dry-cleaning, printing and embossing, and sizing and finishing, which together are known as 'ennobling fabrics'.
Derived terms
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