Na-Go-Mi!

Actually, I'm not really sure what 和み (nagomi) means. If anything, it feels like something that shouldn't be written with an exclamation point at the end...

I think it means...something soft, something gentle. Something soothing, something relaxing.

I'm sure it's supposed to reference ideas of peace and harmony.

It must also be intentional (on someone's part) that it gets used to describe things that are "Japanese".

But how? Why?

I have to spend some time improving my language skills.

Please tell me if you have suggestions for Japanese/Mandarin/Korean textbooks...