Reddit reviews Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

It's amazing to have a word describe that specific feeling one has when admiring something no longer perfect, but somehow transcends the meaning of perfection and into beauty. Much like how we would admire and appreciate the simultaneous growth and decay of an ancient ruin such as the [Ta Prohm Temple] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm)...or a hilarious glitch in a game.
 

There's a really great illustrated book I think you'd might enjoy, Lost In Translation. It shares these "foreign words that have no direct translation into English." The Japanese word, "Wabi-Sabi," was in there along with this Yiddish word, "Trepverter." It's that perfect comeback we finally think of, but only, it's too late.

Link to the Tinycards deck here.

Amazon link to the book here.

I found a boxed set of these in a bookstore in Philly! They're based on the Lost in Translation book, which I love!

As you have seen in the other responses there is indeed a large portion of lingusitics and anthropology and cognitve science and sociology devoted to how language has shaped cultures and vice versa . Indeed, there are many concepts for which some cultures have no words.

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Here's one list of some of the better known examples:

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https://www.rocketlanguages.com/blog/20-of-the-worlds-most-beautiful-untranslatable-words/

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There are somr fun books about this topic

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They Have A Word for It

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Lost In Transalation

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Other Worldly