Ma: The Japanese Word for the Space Between Things
The Japanese character for ma is a gate with the sun inside it. What the space between things means in Japan, from…
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Japanese aesthetics
Komorebi: What It Means That Japan Has a Word for This
Japan has a word for sunlight filtering through leaves. Komorebi. English does not. A language that names this is a language that…
Yūgen: The Japanese Word for the Feeling Beneath the Feeling
The Japanese call it yūgen. A beauty too deep for words. The ache of noticing how beautiful something is while it is…