[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":49},["ShallowReactive",2],{"trivia-untranslatable-japanese-words":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":13,"description":14,"extension":15,"facts":16,"meta":35,"navigation":36,"og_fact":37,"path":38,"related_terms":39,"seo":43,"stem":44,"tags":45,"__hash__":48},"trivia_en/en/trivia/untranslatable-japanese-words.md","Untranslatable Japanese Gems",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":9},"minimark",[],{"title":10,"searchDepth":11,"depth":11,"links":12},"",2,[],"language","Discover surprising Japanese words like 'Tsundoku' and 'Ikigai' that perfectly capture concepts English can't express in a single word.","md",[17,20,23,26,29,32],{"headline":18,"detail":19},"Are You a Tsundoku?","This portmanteau from 'tsumu' (to pile up) and 'dokusho' (reading) describes acquiring reading materials and letting them accumulate unread. A globally relatable habit!",{"headline":21,"detail":22},"Sunlight Through Trees","Komorebi is a beautiful, specific word meaning the sunshine filtering through the leaves of trees. It evokes a unique, serene visual and feeling, often found in nature.",{"headline":24,"detail":25},"Your Reason for Being","Ikigai is more than just 'purpose in life.' It's the dynamic intersection of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.",{"headline":27,"detail":28},"More Than 'Good Job'","Otsukaresama is a versatile phrase acknowledging the effort someone has made, often used to express sympathy for their tiredness or appreciate their hard work. It fosters communal well-being.",{"headline":30,"detail":31},"The Pathos of Things","Mono no aware is a profound aesthetic sensibility appreciating the bittersweet transient nature of beauty and life. It's the gentle melancholy felt when observing fleeting beauty, like cherry blossoms.",{"headline":33,"detail":34},"Beauty in Imperfection","Wabi-sabi is an aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness. It embraces natural cycles, simplicity, and the weathered elegance of age.",{},true,"Japanese has a single word, \"Tsundoku,\" for buying books and letting them pile up unread. You might be one!","/en/trivia/untranslatable-japanese-words",[40,41,42],"Amae","Yūgen","Tatemae and Honne",{"title":5,"description":14},"en/trivia/untranslatable-japanese-words",[46,47],"Philosophy","Lifestyle","bI_OkIlRcbq9OiFgOVNYKDwzzEvNOEbyPfcePrIxark",1777612659891]