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# origami

«origami» in Mova's school dictionary: **The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes like birds…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (origami — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes like birds, animals and boxes, usually without cutting or glue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In art and maths lessons, origami teaches following steps, symmetry, fractions (folding in half, quarters) and shapes (squares, triangles). A famous model is the paper crane; in Japan, folding 1000 cranes is linked to wishes and peace. Phrases: «origami crane», «origami paper», «fold an origami frog».

### examples

- We made an origami frog that can jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x1)
- Origami usually starts with a square piece of paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x2)
- Folding the paper in half makes two equal rectangles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x3)
- Sadako folded origami cranes while she was in hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x4)
- Origami helped us learn about lines of symmetry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x5)
- My nan taught me origami on a rainy day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «some origami», «an origami model» (not «an origami» in careful speech). Japanese word: «ori» = fold, «kami» = paper. Pronounced or-i-GAH-mee. Similar art: kirigami (folding and cutting).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «origami» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/origami/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.