Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Manna | A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success | English | change positive | |
Nunchi | The art of listening to a person and identifying his or her moods or emotions. The literal combination of "eye" and measure" | Korean | interaction connection emotion | |
Ubuntu | A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. | Zulu | beauty character awareness | |
Pragma | longtime love, such as in long marriages | Greek | love family | |
Ghalidan | Rolling from side to side as lovers do | Persian | love action connection | |
Достолепие (dostolepiye) | Contains the roots for dosta (a lot) and lepota (beautiful) from Old Bulgarian language. The word literally means full of beauty but it is more like a combination of noble, full of values, beautiful and brave for man and femininity for women. It is very typical to use this word in context of old traditional photos of people where one appreciate the beauty of the past. | Bulgarian | beauty | |
Consuegro | Father in law of your son | Spanish | family | |
Kenjataimu | "wise man's time": The post-orgasmic period when a man's thoughts are no longer impaired by his sexual drive; he is thus likened to a "sage" of clear mind | Japanese | awareness | |
Nadryv | When a person releases intimate, deeply hidden feelings, sometimes that do not truly exist; imaginary, excessively exaggerated and distorted feelings | Russian | emotion extreme | |
Retrouvailles | Lit. 'rediscovery'; a reunion (e.g., with loved ones after a long time apart). | French | friends family | |
Pulesveis | Messy hair, in particular in the back of the head, resulting from being rubbed against the pillow during sex | Norwegian | physical | |
Hanyauku | To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface | Rukwangali | physical action | |
Aduantas | Describes the angst that comes with being in an unfamiliar place and among unfamiliar people | Irish | stress change | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement | |
Dhurna | Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid | Hindi | action persistence | |
Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
Bixomets | Shame on behalf of others | Catalan | feeling adverse | |
Friluftsliv | “Free air life,” signifying a fundamental understanding of the positive impact of being in nature | Norwegian | nature health | |
Kweesten | Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk | Dutch | love action event | |
Ser/Estar | The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' | Spanish | attribute | |
sobremesa | After-dinner conversation | Spanish | food friends | |
Skare | A thin layer of ice on top of snow | Swedish | physical nature | |
Noroke | To brag about or sing the praises of the person you love | Japanese | love emotion | |
Tinga | Particles of food left between teeth | Tagalog | food physical | |
Xíng qì (行氣) | Volitionally (e.g., mentally) circulating or directing qi. | Chinese | growth awareness strength | |
Pekopeko | Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner | Japanese | physical action | |
Sirimiri | Weak and constant rain; stronger than a mist but less than a shower. | Basque | weather physical | |
Autophile | A person that loves solitude, being alone | English | character attribute | |
Gezellig | A warm feeling of cozyness, but also have good times with friends af a party. | Dutch | feeling positive |
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