Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yokomeshi | Literal: "meal eaten sideways"; the stress caused by speaking a foreign language | Japanese | stress feeling awareness | |
| Eunoirophrenia | The peace of mind that comes with having pleasant dreams. | Greek | feeling positive | |
| Mulaltsag | From a von Neumann biography: "It is not a party, it is not a feast, it is not even an orgy; it is simply the spontaneous combustion of a bunch of people having a good time." | Hungarian | exciting community | |
| Weemoed | Lit. sadness, woe (wee) courage, daring, mood (moed); soft mood; light melancholy; having the strength to overcome a feeling of sorrow (e.g., arising in relation to nostalgia). | Dutch | adverse growth | |
| La douleur exquise | The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have | French | feeling awareness love | |
| Fuchsteufelswütend | Literal: 'Fox devil angry'; steaming with rage | German | adverse stress emotion | |
| Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
| Storgi (στοργη) | the love between parents and children | Greek | love family | |
| Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
| Vozdukh (Воздух) | "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". | Russian | beauty physical | |
| Angushti za'id | Someone with six fingers | Persian | physical | |
| Shlep | To bring something from one place to another, but with the implication that its a burden to the carrier. Example: I had to shlep the bag of rocks all the way down the road | Yiddish | physical action | |
| Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
| Friolero | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feel cold. | Spanish | attribute friends | |
| Rabharta | A spring tide | Irish | nature | |
| Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change | |
| Półtora | Specific word for one and a half of something | Polish | measurement | |
| Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
| Yoisho | A word without meaning, said when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work or lifting a heavy bag. | Japanese | event physical work | |
| Mbuki-mvuki | To shake off your clothes to dance more freely | Swahili | clothing music | |
| Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
| Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
| Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
| Sumud (صمود) | steadfastness, a determined struggle to persist. | Arabic | growth strength | |
| Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
| Ikigai | A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning. | Japanese | growth happiness | |
| Abhayamudrâ (अभय मुद्रा) | The gesture (e.g., in Hindu and Buddhist iconography) of fearlessness, protection, and/or peace; involves the palms facing outwards, and the fingers extending upwards. | Sanskrit | strength | |
| Frischluftfanatiker | literal translation: fresh air fanatic; referring to a person who tends to keep the windows open to get fresh air, even in winter or someone who always tries to be outside in the open air | German | nature | |
| Poka-Yoke | Any mechanism in any process that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka) | Japanese | work process | |
| Aduantas | Describes the angst that comes with being in an unfamiliar place and among unfamiliar people | Irish | stress change |
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