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WABI SABI
From an engineering or design point of view wabi may be interpreted as the imperfect quality of any object due to the inevetible limitations in in design and manufacture especially with respect to unpredictable or changing usage conditions then sabi could be interpreted as as the the aspect of of imper- fect reliabilty or or or limited mortality of of any object hence the the phonologocial or or or or etymological connection to to the the word sabi sabi to to rust (also pronounounced sabi) Floor of a a a restraunt bathroom
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