Top 10 Untranslatable Japanese Expressions That Appreciate The Small Things in Life

‘I humbly receive this’ — said no one in English

Yara Zeitoun
The Shadow
Published in
5 min readMar 29, 2021

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Photo by Lan Pham on Unsplash

My affair with Japan began almost a decade ago, and yet I feel like I’m falling deeper in love.

One of the things I adore about Japan is the culture of appreciation, which is deeply embedded in the language. Even when…

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Yara Zeitoun
The Shadow

Language lover and compassionate being ❤ 3rd Culture Kid in Vienna.