Question: what does mono no aware mean in japanese
Answer: 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 .