The Moon Is Beautiful, Isn’t It? The Japanese “I Love You” Sōseki Never Said
Natsume Sōseki never told a student to translate I love you as the moon is beautiful. The story stuck anyway, because it…
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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…
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…