Give some stream of consciousness and then the answer. Passage: Mono no aware (物 の 哀れ), literally "the pathos of things", and also translated as "an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera", is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.\n\nQuestion: Based on this passage, what does mono no aware mean in japanese?
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The important part for answering this question is: Mono no aware (物 の 哀れ), literally "the pathos of things", and also translated as "an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera", is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.
Therefore, the answer is the awareness of impermanence ( 無常 , mujō ) , or transience of things , and both a transient gentle sadness ( or wistfulness ) at their passing as well as a longer , deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life.
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