Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Sóphrosuné (σωφροσύνη) | excellence of character and soundness of mind; leads to other beneficial qualities, such as moderation and self-control. | Greek | awareness | |
Resfeber | Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. | Swedish | travel physical | |
Kokoro | A unity of mind and heart. | Japanese | awareness feeling | |
Xíng qì (行氣) | Volitionally (e.g., mentally) circulating or directing qi. | Chinese | growth awareness strength | |
Madrugada | The time of day occurring between past midnight and early morning | Spanish | time measurement | |
Duende | The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person | Spanish | art feeling emotion | |
Rocambolesco | Stunning action that requires extreme audacity; literally means "there's no need" as in "there's no need to thank you" | Italian | extreme surprise | |
Arlésienne | Used to describe people who are at the centre of a conversation/situation/problem but can’t be found anywhere | French | society interaction | |
Ninot | A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. | Valencian | attribute | |
Gemes | The state of going out of one's mind in adoration of something that is extremely likeable or cute | Indonesian | funny emotion | |
Haiku (俳句) | A form of Japanese poetry, usually just 17 syllables long (with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables), involving the sudden juxtapositions of ideas or images, and often focused on natural (e.g., seasonal) phenomena. | Japanese | art | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
Pragma | longtime love, such as in long marriages | Greek | love family | |
moņ (моң) | Sadness; melody; lyricism | Bashkir | adverse music | |
Fremdschämen | To be embarrassed by something somebody else did | German | society thinking adverse | |
Bixomets | Shame on behalf of others | Catalan | feeling adverse | |
Vagary | An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action | English | change | |
Jibaku | The act of unintentionally or inadvertently demolishing your own argument in the process of defending your view | Japanese | confusion interaction | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement | |
Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
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 | |
Dolgostroj (долгострой) | A construction project that seems to go on forever | Russian | time adverse | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Fucha | To use company time and resources for one's own purposes | Portuguese | work adverse | |
Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
Dépaysement | The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to | French | feeling awareness change | |
Petrichor | The smell of earth after rain | English | nature beauty |
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