Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Tuerto A man with only one eye Spanish physical
Shibui Old school cool Japanese attribute
Dayenu "It would have been enough" Hebrew reflection
Aduantas Describes the angst that comes with being in an unfamiliar place and among unfamiliar people Irish stress change
Débrouillardise Quality of someone who is resourceful and lives with the ability to creatively improvise; someone who can make do and solve problems without much French creative
Umay Gettiing tired of a certain food Tagalog food
Qiang jingtou The fight by a cameraman to get a better vantage point Chinese creative art visual
Hoʻoponopono Mutual forgiveness. Hawaiian connection character emotion
Yakamoz The reflection of moonlight or other lights on water Turkish nature beauty
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Að redda To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. Icelandic time
Verschlimmbesserung An attempt at improvement that makes things worse than they already were German adverse
Milozvučan Having a sweet and gentle voice Croatian attribute physical
Spätzünder A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development German adverse
Extrawurst Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary German stress adverse action
Se défouler Let off steam to release or get rid of excess energy French energy stress
Schnapsidee An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober German thinking change
Zuihitsu (随筆) Literally, “running brush”. A genre of Japanese literature; authors write what’s top of mind and follow their random thoughts. The genre is more personal than performative and gives the reader an intimate look at the inner workings of the writer’s mind. Japanese writing creative
Paasa A person who leads someone on (intentionally or not). Appearing as if they are genuinely interested romantically when they aren’t Tagalog adverse interaction awareness
mångata The roadlike reflection of moonlight on water Swedish nature beauty
Ehvenişer When choosing between bad things, the lesser of two evils. Turkish philosophy
Kenshō (見性) Seeing (ken) one’s nature or essence (shō); perceiving one’s Buddha nature; sometimes interpreted as an initial or brief awakening. Japanese awareness growth
Fremdschämen To be embarrassed by something somebody else did German society thinking adverse
Aka'aka'a Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking Hawaiian physical adverse
Sensizlik the state and the concept of being without you, not having you Turkish feeling love
Ikigai A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning. Japanese growth happiness
Gezellig A warm feeling of cozyness, but also have good times with friends af a party. Dutch feeling positive
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. Arabic love time strength
Zhì (智) Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. Chinese thinking awareness
Forelsket The euphoria you feel when you're first falling in love. Norwegian love feeling change




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