meiboku
- noun
- Specialized
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meiboku
- Carpenters appreciate meiboku wood for its fine grain and durability when making high-end furniture.
- meiboku wood
- value of meiboku
- demand for meiboku
Examples
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A most prized quality of meiboku is an absence of knots or other imperfections in the wood.
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Ouken works with six meiboku suppliers and processors to develop and refine products for the prefab market.
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Value is first added to meiboku in the growing of the trees.
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One final note: the meiboku industry may offer a positive lesson.
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Some details about the production of meiboku are readily available in the literature.
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The price of meiboku is dynamic; however, it is driven by geographical change.
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Both the number of meiboku firms and total production levels in Noshiro have declined.
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Conventional meiboku supply is integrated into the production of conventional, single-unit Japanese homes.
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Most importantly, at the vestibule, the visitors enter a culture steeped in meiboku demand.
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The renowned luthier selected premium meiboku for crafting exquisite violins due to its superior tonal qualities.
Synonyms
A tree that provides wood for building or furniture
How Valuable
1
3.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
52
3.5
1
2.5
2
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meiboku comes from Japanese parts mei meaning 'famous' and boku meaning 'tree' or 'wood'. So a meiboku is like a 'famous tree' — a rare, high-quality tree and its wood that craftsmen and instrument makers prize.