Altastrofae

After attempting to learn some Kanji, I learned some words to add to my list of Japanese words that don't have any direct English equivalent. Now that list is fairly decent, so I thought I'd humour you all with some of them. Some are very funny:

Yugen - a profound understanding of the universe that triggers a deep emotional response

Nito-onna - a woman who is so obsessed with her work that she has no time to iron blouses, and only wears knitted tops (XD I just learned that, hilarious!)

Shuu - a sudden rainstorm

Ukiyo - to be living in the moment; litteral translation, "the floating world" which is why I was confused when I saw it earlier this year 

Kuidaore - to eat yourself into bankruptcy XD

Komorebi - rays of sunlight which flitter down through a canopy of trees

Irusu - the act of pretending to not be home after hearing a knock at your door (I've totally done this XD)

Age-otori - the sorrowful embarrasment of getting a bad haircut XD

and finally... (I just learned this and found it interesting)

Yoisho - not really a word, for it has no real meaning, but more of a sound. It is to be said whilst flopping lazily into a chair after a hard day at work, similar to "ugh" "phew" or "TGIF" XD