aware




English:


having knowledge gained through one's own

perceptions or by means of information; having or

showing knowledge or understanding or realization

or perception; conscious; cognizant; informed;

alert; knowledgeable; sophisticated.




Japanese:


sensitivity; pathos; sadness; root of the

Japanese concept of mono no aware which has been

variously described as a perspective of

sympathetic sadness; the awareness of the

transience of things and a gentle sadness at

their passing; or a pure, emotional response to

the beauty of nature, the impermanence of life,

and the sorrow of death.