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暈し
ぼかしボカシ (nokanji)
1. [n] [uk]
▶ blurring (e.g. of an image)
▶ blur
▶ gradient
▶ gradation
▶ shading
2. [n] [uk] {gardening, horticulture}
▶ bokashi composting
▶ fermented composting



History:
8. A 2023-10-14 00:19:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2023-10-13 17:52:22  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
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+<field>&gardn;</field>
6. A 2023-10-13 07:45:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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+<re_nokanji/>
5. A* 2023-10-07 08:43:50  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ボカシ	84306	18.1%
ぼかし	382264	81.9%


Is this an [adj-no], [adj-f], or should the verb be used... unclear.  The verb seems preferable
ぼかした写真	1660	81.2%
ぼかし写真	176	8.6%
ぼかしの写真	209	10.2%


"Blurred edition" of an illustration:
https://ichi-up.net/2018/084
ぼかし編

Heavily "blur", then "blurring"
https://context.reverso.net/translation/japanese-english/ぼかし
blur: 327
blurring: 49
gradient: 7 
gradation: 7
shading off: 7 (includes some false-positives)
shading off: 0
Example translation:
ぼかしが多く、はっきりしたものがない。 -> A lot of blurring, nothing defined.

ぼかしツール	1447 blur tool (image editor)
ぼかし効果	1447  blur effect
ぼかし柄	1126 blur pattern (clothing)

The photoshop "blur tool"
https://digitor.jp/textbook/photoshop-blur-tool/
Photoshopのぼかしツールを使って被写体をボカす簡単な方法

https://www.sophia-it.com/content/顔ぼかし
顔ぼかし
読み方:かおぼかし
別名:フェイスブラーリング
【英】face blurring

On "shading":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokashi_(printing)
Itabokashi, or 'block shading,' is a technique used to produce ruffled edges on areas of color. 

More Basics of Gradation Printing ('Bokashi')
http://woodblock.com/encyclopedia/entries/012_03/012_03.html
Bokashi (gradations or blending)
...
O-bokashi (wide gradation) is a gradual shading over a wide area. To achieve this, the technique of the standard bokashi is repeated a number of times, each time narrowing the space to be shaded.

Clothing:
https://einz.jp/products/uton-bokashi-color-matching-gradient-off-shoulder-knit?variant=42378465607860
Uton Bokashi color matching gradient off-shoulder knit
  Comments:
Image search for "ぼかし" is a lot of blurred stuff. 

Note: ぼかし袴 returns images of hakama with a clear gradient effect. 

"bokashi", somewhat like "bokeh", seems to have been imported into English in some circles, both as a composting technique and as an art style. If I had a nickel for every website that said:
    Bokashi (ぼかし) is Japanese for "shading off" or "gradation."
I'd have a lot of nickels. Usually these are sites about composting.

Most of  the terms in one reverso match:
2ぼかし量を変更する グラデーション領域内のぼかし(グラデーション)の幅を調節できます。
To change the amount of blur You can adjust the width of the blur (gradient) of the gradation in the area.

========== Note: [1] and [2] may be of no real relation: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokashi_(horticulture)
Nomenclature
The name bokashi is transliterated from spoken Japanese (ぼかし). However, Japanese-English dictionaries give the word an older artistic meaning: "shading or gradation" of images – especially applied to woodblock prints.[1][2] This later extended to mean pixellation or fogging in censored photographs. Therefore, its application to fermented organic matter is of uncertain origin; if both uses are related, unifying concepts may be "alteration" or "fading away".
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+<r_ele>
+<reb>ボカシ</reb>
+</r_ele>
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-<gloss>shading off</gloss>
+<gloss>blurring (e.g. of an image)</gloss>
+<gloss>blur</gloss>
+<gloss>gradient</gloss>
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+<gloss>shading</gloss>
4. A 2019-07-02 03:26:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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