Re: [Lingo] もにのあわる

["David J Iannucci" <jlinux@example.com>]

I wonder if you could be referring to ものの哀れ ?

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware

> Many of the Japanese films seem this way to me.  The classics that pop
> to mind are Kurasawa's "7 Samurai" and Ozu's "Late Spring" and "Tokyo
> Story"  Even comedies like Ramen tend to end on a sad note.

I think it's well-established that the Japanese prefer (in their
literature and arts at least) to focus on the "sad" side of things,
unlike most Westerners, and very much unlike Americans...

Dave