"Mono no aware."
— Murasaki Shikibu
January 1, 1970
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Variant translations: — The pathos of things. — A sensitivity to things. — The sorrow of human existence.
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Variant translations: — The pathos of things. — A sensitivity to things. — The sorrow of human existence.