🗾 Let's learn some Japanese words

Japanese is a language that manages to condense complex concepts into essential, often poetic terms. Some words encompass an entire cultural, philosophical, and emotional world. Learning them is like opening small windows onto another vision of life.

🌸 Words that tell a soul

“A different language is a different vision of life.” — Federico Fellini

🧭 Words to learn (and hear)

• Tsundoku (積ん読): the habit of buying books that one hasn't yet had time to read.
• Kintsugi (金継ぎ): the art of repairing broken objects with gold. A powerful metaphor for the beauty of fragility.
• Wabi-sabi (侘寂): the aesthetics of imperfection, of the transitory, of the incomplete.
• Natsukashii (懐かしい): the sweet nostalgia for something past, which still warms the heart.
• Ganbaru (頑張る): to give one's all, to resist, to commit oneself even in difficult times.

🎌 Not just vocabulary, but worldview

These words are not simply terms: they are internal maps, expressions of a culture that values silence, resilience, and memory. Knowing them is a first step toward more nuanced, delicate, and profound thinking.