40 Awesomely Untranslatable Word From Around the World | Take Five a Day. Subscribe RSS Home » Internet 40 Awesomely Untranslatable Word From Around the World Like the great German word, “Schadenfreude,” here are 40 more words that encapsulate a feeling or sensation … The first 20 are here, another 20 are here. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet This Post metroxing 28 October 2011 Internet 4 Comments 4 Comments Tom says: October 29, 2011 at 3:48 am One of my all-time favorites: Sisu – Finnish, basically “guts” or intestinal fortitude. Leave a Reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Loading... Login Register Retrieve password Pages Recent posts Recent comments Blogroll Post Calendar. Wabi Sabi. Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, by Leonard Koren ISBN 1880656124 This page is also referred to for the Wabisabi Wiki Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic.
It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional... It is also two separate words, with related but different meanings. I bought a broken 1997 Geo Metro hatchback, and in the process of repairing it, I got filthy, frustrated, elated, and more knowledgeable than I've ever been. It is the cracks in the bark of trees that lets us know it is a mature and healthy tree, harboring an ecosystem while protecting itself from many of the denizens of the ecosystem. Seconded. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There's a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. -- LeonardCohen, "Anthem". I guess it's just me. The Happiness Project.