Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
| Mamihlapinatapai | A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin | Yaghan | love feeling | |
| Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
| Bababa ba? | Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) | Tagalog | action | |
| Morgenfrisk | Feeling rested after a good night's sleep | Danish | health physical | |
| Koi No Yokan | The feeling upon meeting someone that falling in love with them is inevitable. | Japanese | love | |
| Aegyo (애교) | Accentuated cute behaviour (voice/facial expression/gestures); Frequently used by K-pop idols (all genders) as fan service. Also used as a sign of affection towards loved ones (family or romantic partners). | Korean | cultural | |
| Viraag | The emotional pain felt from being away from the person you love | Hindi | emotion love connection | |
| Polytropos (πολύτροπος) | Much turned, much traveled, much wandering; turning many ways (shifty, versatile, wily) (changeful, complicated) [notoriously used in the opening of The Odyssey as an early challenge for translators] | Greek | explore | |
| Klexos | the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. | English | thinking | |
| Nenna | Not having the will to do something | Icelandic | energy strength | |
| Mágoa | A heart-breaking feeling that leaves long-lasting traces, visible in gestures and facial expressions | Portuguese | adverse emotion | |
| Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
| Biritululo | The act of comparing yams to settle a dispute | Kiriwani | food thinking | |
| Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
| Anemoia | Nostalgia for a time that you have never lived | Greek | reflection philosophy | |
| Glückspilz | A lucky person ("lucky mushroom") | German | positive | |
| Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
| Pålegg | Anything that you can put in a sandwich | Norwegian | food | |
| Jibaku | The act of unintentionally or inadvertently demolishing your own argument in the process of defending your view | Japanese | confusion interaction | |
| Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
| Attaccabottone | Something that you long to get away from but struggle to | Italian | adverse | |
| Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
| Blunda | To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something. | Swedish | action | |
| Fensterln | To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her | German | love action persistence | |
| Punya | “Merit,” “virtue”, “sacred", "good karma", among other things | Sanskrit | beauty | |
| Mitonner | Cooking with passion | French | food love beauty | |
| Redamancy | The act of loving the one who loves you; a returned love in full | English | love emotion | |
| Zapoi | 2+ days of drunkenness usually involving a journey or waking up in an unexpected place | Russian | funny adverse habits | |
| Philotimo (φιλότιμο) | The inner impulse to act well and in alignment with the moral virtues that represent one's own society and upbringing | Greek | society character family |
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