Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Sawubona A greeting that means “I see you, you are important to me and I value you” Zulu connection respect
Viraag The emotional pain felt from being away from the person you love Hindi emotion love connection
Bilita Mpash Opposite of a nightmare Bantu positive event
Rire dans sa barbe To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened French funny reflection action
Luscofusco Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun Galician physical beauty
Dørstokkmila The longest mile between your cozy couch in your fireplace-candlelight-cabin-hygge and the door threshold. It would be "door-threshold-mile", loosely translated Norwegian nature
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
Rhwe To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked Tsonga funny event
Ćeif A slow and silent enjoyment in someone or in something Bosnian positive feeling
kaizen Continuous growth Japanese growth
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse
Wú jí (無極) Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. Chinese measurement
Vipāka (विपाक) Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. Sanskrit growth
Hanyauku To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface Rukwangali physical action
Qiang jingtou The fight by a cameraman to get a better vantage point Chinese creative art visual
Shouganai It cannot be helped. Japanese philosophy fate
Énouement The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self. French awareness philosophy
Kairosclerosis A moment in which you realize that you're happy but simultaneously destroy that happiness by overthinking it English happiness reflection change
Kusukusu The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women Japanese sound friends funny
Kalsarikänni to get drunk (alone) at home in your underwear with no intention of going out Finnish funny action
Titip To temporarily entrust something to a person Indonesian trust
inssa Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends Korean society
Adronitis Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone English friends connection
Tima Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it Icelandic thinking action
Chingada An imaginary, horrible place where you send all those who annoy you Spanish funny adverse character
Jein Yes and no German attribute measurement
Yugen A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. Japanese beauty awareness philosophy
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. Greek society
Guddle To fish using the hands, by searching under stones at a river bank Scottish action nature
Kafkaesque Having bizarre of illogical quality English attribute




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