Piste them small and family-oriented, so comparisons between slope classifications in Japan and "equivalent" slopes in Europe or North America are minimal. Piste A piste () is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports. This European term is French ("trail", "track") and synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'groomed run' in North America. The word is pronounced using a long "e" sound (e.g. rhymes with "beast"). Increasingly, North Americans employ its common European antonym, 'off piste', to describe backcountry skiing, especially when referring to skiing outside officially approved areas of a ski
Repoussé and chasing of the tools used is usually visible in the result, a condition not always apparent in other techniques, where all evidence of the working method is eliminated. The word "repoussé" is French and means "pushed up", ultimately from , which means "to push". Repoussage is the noun to refer to the technique, with "repoussé" being an adjective referring to a piece to which the technique has been applied (e.g. ""repoussé" work", ""repoussé" piece"). Chasing comes from the French word, "chasser" meaning to drive out, or to chase around which is what the artists are doing as they "chase" the forms