Mono no aware
MOH-no no ah-WAH-reh
n.The tender sadness of knowing that everything passes.
JapaneseCultural concept
The Last Week of the Shop
The lease ended on the thirtieth, and Hana had known since March, and had told almost nobody, because telling people turns a thing into an event and she had wanted the last months to stay ordinary.
They had not stayed ordinary. That was the discovery.