That is shiranai koto, shiritai koto . It is not about grand adventures or deep expertise. It is about turning your gaze back to the ordinary and finding it strange and beautiful again. I don’t know who you are, dear reader. I don’t know what you had for breakfast, what you are avoiding, or what you dream about at 3 AM when sleep won’t come.
Now whisper to yourself: “I don’t know everything about you. And I want to.” shiranai koto shiritai koto
The rule: no judgment. No “why didn’t you know that?” Just curiosity and delight. That is shiranai koto, shiritai koto
This is not about productivity. It’s not about winning trivia night or impressing a professor. It is about restoring a sense of wonder to the ordinary. Here’s the problem most of us face. We are born curious. An infant will stare at a ceiling fan for twenty minutes like it’s a revelation from the gods. But somewhere between school, work, bills, and the endless scroll of social media, we trade curiosity for competence. I don’t know who you are, dear reader
Shiranai koto (I don’t know you).
This is the shiranai without the shiritai . We walk through a world full of unknown things, and we feel nothing. Or worse, we feel anxious. Because to admit “I don’t know” in a culture that prizes expertise feels like failure.