- あげおとり to look worse after a haircut
- 阿吽・あうん unspoken communication between close friends
- ありがためいわく 'misplaced kindness' or 'unwelcome kindness'
- 哀れ・あわれ the bittersweetness of a brief, fading moment of transcendent beauty
- バックシャン a girl who looks beautiful from behind but not from the front
- 珍道具・ちんどうぐ the art of inventing gadgets that are seemingly useful but too absurd to actually use
- ひきこもり a teenager or 20-something who has withdrawn from social life, often obsessed with television and video games
- ほんね the reality that you hold inwardly to be true, even though you would never admit it publicly
- いちごいちえ (lit. "one time, one meeting"); an encounter that only happens once in a lifetime, reminding you to treasure every memory, for it will never reoccur
- 生き甲斐・いきがい a reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning
- いるす pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door
- 異体同心・いたいどうしん (lit. "different body, same mind"); the harmony between different people, as if having one mind; two persons acting in perfect accord and unity
- 恋の予感・こいのよかん the sense upon first meeting a person that the two of you are going to fall in love
- 木漏れ日・こもれび sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees
- くいだおれ to eat yourself into bankruptcy
- きょうかせいげつ (lit. "flower in the mirror, moon on the water"); something that is visible but cannot be touched; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
- まじめ an earnest, reliable person who can simply get things done without causing drama
- 物の哀れ・もののあわれ (lit. "the pathos of things"); the awareness of the impermanence or transience of all things and the gentle sadness and wistfulness at their passing
- 仲間・なかま deep platonic love for a friend
- 懐かしい・なつかしい nostalgic longing for the past, happiness (for fond memories) with sadness
- にと女 a woman so dedicated to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops
- 枝雀・せいじゃく serenity in the midst of activity or chaos
- 切ない・せつない the feeling between bittersweet, painful, and wistful; a heartrending emotion
- しぶい old school cool
- 森林浴・しんりんよく (lit. "forest bathing"); a visit to the forest for relaxation; a chance to stroll through nature and take in the atmosphere for one's well being
- 終始・しゅうし (lit. "the autumnal melancholy"); a feeling of deep sadness associated with the autumn season
- たてまえ the reality that everyone professes to be true, even though they may not privately believe it
- 積ん読・つんどく the act of buying a book and leaving it unread, often piled together with other unread books
- 浮世絵・うきよ (lit. "the floating world") living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life
- 侘寂・わびさび an aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfect; beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete"
- わすれもん forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home
- よいしょ a word without meaning, sad when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work
- よこめし (lit. "a meal eaten sideways"); referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language
- ゆげん a profound awareness of the universe that triggers a deep emotional response
oct 8 2017 ∞
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