Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Querencia A place from which one's strength is drawn, where one feels at home, the place where you are your most authentic self Spanish strength happiness character
Vipāka (विपाक) Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. Sanskrit growth
Gattara A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats Italian life society
Jafjafa (جفجفة) The sound of new clothes. Arabic attribute life
Décidément When coincidences occur or when events repeat themselves by chance (for example, when you run into the same person many times in one week) French surprise interaction fate
Seny Common sense, is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action Catalan positive character
Dayenu "It would have been enough" Hebrew reflection
Myötähäpeä Secondhand embarrassment Finnish adverse feeling
Hikikomori When a young person who is obsessed with TV, video games, and the internet, withdraws from society Japanese habits society
Salām (سلام) Peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. Arabic positive
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Eshaku A slight bow of around 15 degrees Japanese physical action
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
Sumud (صمود) steadfastness, a determined struggle to persist. Arabic growth strength
Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. Tibetan awareness physical
cāral (சாரல்) A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain Tamil nature
Qì (氣) Lit. air, breath; ‘life force/energy’. Chinese health awareness
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
Tatemae & Honne The contrast between a person's feelings and desires (honne) versus the behavior and opinions one displays in public (tatemae) Japanese feeling reflection character
Oodal Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel Tamil love event feeling
Manna A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success English change positive
Kelema Age in which you have strength, vigor and a person is considered productive.q Maya strength
Hanyauku To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface Rukwangali physical action
Glückspilz A lucky person ("lucky mushroom") German positive
Majime (真面目) Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. Japanese society attribute
Tingo The act of taking objects one desires from the house of a friend by gradually borrowing all of them Pascuense funny interaction character
Angushti za'id Someone with six fingers Persian physical
Jouska A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head English thinking
Schilderwald Jungle of traffic signs; a street so crowded with signs that you become lost German stress confusion
Friolero Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feel cold. Spanish attribute friends




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