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kakemono

noun /ˌkɑkeɪˈmoʊnoʊ/

  1. A vertical Japanese scroll painting.

  2. A portable self-standing roll-up banner.

    Posters, flyers, and kakemono provisionally displayed in the RA room are shown in the flow of communication practices. They are removed at the end of the event and appear as a PDF on the website of the diploma a month after the event

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 掛け物 (kakemono, literally “hanging thing”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry kakemono (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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