mono no aware
/ˈmɒnəʊ nəʊ əˈwɑːri/noun
In Japanese art, literary criticism, etc.: a capacity to be, or the experience of being, deeply and spontaneously moved by various poignant manifestations of nature, including human nature; especially a sense of pathos arising from intense awareness of the impermanence of earthly things.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Monumenta Nipponica. From Japanese mono no aware sense of pathos, aesthetic sensitivity, lit. ‘being deeply moved by things’ from mono + no, possessive particle + aware pathos, sorrow.
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