Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Onsay Pretend to love Boro life
Házisárkány Literally "indoor dragon"; a nagging restless spouse Hungarian family stress adverse
Volta During certain hours of the early evening, around dusk, everyone in the town who might feel like going for a walk takes a saunter or stroll up and down the main street Greek time physical nature
Zhaghzhagh The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage Tamil adverse action physical
Carpe Diem Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. Latin positive
Unglücksrabe An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) German luck adverse
Bào fù xìng āo yè (報復性熬夜) Revenge bedtime procrastination Chinese emotion
Koev li halev (כואב לי הלב) Literally "my head hurts", but used to convey empathy for someone's suffering Yiddish empathy connection
Qì zhì (氣质) Quality of character, disposition, style, charm, attractiveness, magnetism. Chinese attribute positive
Tokimeki ときめき Excitement; Feeling of bliss or joy from a discrete experience Japanese emotion feeling happiness
Kintsukuroi To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. Japanese beauty change
Mahj Looking beautiful after having a disease Persian beauty change
Crapoter verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. French health action society
Þetta reddast it will all work out ok' (used especially when things don't look optimistic!). Icelandic fate
Yuputka A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin Ulwa nature adverse
Dhurna Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid Hindi action persistence
Beau geste A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance French action
Erbsenzähler Literally "a person who literally counts their peas"; someone who is nitpicky and always trying to make things perfect German attribute measurement extreme
Ǩuẓlanyu To marry a divorced woman Bashkir family attribute
Bimyou Not bad, or "meh" Japanese attribute
Abquatulate To leave without saying goodbye English action
arumpu (அரும்பு) A bud, but specifically referring to the stage where it is just starting to bud Tamil nature
Pelinti To move hot food around in your mouth Buli food
Oxymoron Figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction English attribute confusion
Guān xì (關係) Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. Chinese society friends
Mahalo Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living Hawaiian positive
Zechpreller A person who leaves a restaurant without paying German adverse action food
Tempus fugit Time flies, flees, escapes. Latin time
Dépayser Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). French change feeling
Seigneur-terrasse Someone who spends time, but not money, at a café French funny life




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