Some words don’t translate. That’s not a flaw in the language. It’s proof people see the world differently.

Languages are not just different labels stuck on the same set of ideas. Each one grew out of a particular place and what mattered there, so some things got a single word and other things never needed one. When a word refuses to cross over, you are looking at a thought a whole group of people decided was worth naming.

Ask somebody who speaks another language at home for a word they cannot translate for you. Get them to describe the feeling instead. You will usually learn more about them in that answer than in a month of small talk.