Emotions That Only Exist in Japanese: 物の哀れ
Mono no aware
The gentle sadness of knowing
everything beautiful is temporary,
and loving it more because it
will not last. 木漏れ日
Komorebi
Light that reaches you only because
something stands in the way.
Beauty created by obstruction,
not absence. 幽玄
Yūgen
Depth that reveals itself quietly.
What you feel but can’t point to
and shouldn’t try to explain. 間
Ma
Meaning lives in the pause.
The silence, the gap, the breath;
treated as presence,
not...
