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No Direct Translations - Beauty
100

KY

Can't read the room

100

Keigo

The Japanese word for formal talk

100

Komorebi

Light filtering through trees

200

Betsu Bara

Extra room after dinner for desserts

200

Names - Friends, Family

Call them by their first name

200

Shibui

Aesthetic old things

300

Batan-kyū

So tired that you flop on your bed and pass out

300

Names - Strangers

Call them by their last name

300

Kōyō

Autumn foliage

400

Tsundoku

Buying lots of books and not reading them

400

Use formal speak with..

Strangers, teachers, people you aren't close with

400

Shinrinyoku

Hot springs in the forest/forest bathing

500

Kuchisabishī

Eating out of boredom

500

Use casual speak with...

Friends, close family

500

Wabi-sabi

Beauty of imperfections