Yūgen (n.) a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe that triggers a deep emotional response.

How beautiful! Yūgen is a Japanese word that evokes a suggestiveness and use of imagination. It alludes to the beauty of things unsaid yet so powerful. Yūgen is usually translated as “mysterious profundity.” Profundity means great depth or intensity of a state, quality or emotion.

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