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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Siwon Usually meanng cool or cold, but when used in the context of dining, means the taste which achieves the ideal umami such that the food feels cool Korean food attribute
Spleen Melancholy without apparent cause French feeling
Vergangenheitsbewältigung Coping with the past German reflection growth
Nintendo “Leave luck to heaven” or to leave one's fortune in the hands of fate Japanese philosophy fate
Débrouille May be synonymous with resourceful, but it is more of a way of living by making do with little and improvising with what you have French creative
Þetta reddast it will all work out ok' (used especially when things don't look optimistic!). Icelandic fate
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Morriña Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home Galician feeling awareness life
Ćeif A slow and silent enjoyment in someone or in something Bosnian positive feeling
Xeitoso Something well done or someone who does some particular thing well. Also someone who looks put together. A person has (or has not) "xeito" (is "xeitoso", or not) at doing something when he does something properly. Galician character
Dayenu "It would have been enough" Hebrew reflection
Víðsýni A panoramic view; open-mindedness. Icelandic visual
Ohrwurm A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") German life music
Tsundoku Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them Japanese adverse
Abquatulate To leave without saying goodbye English action
Strohwitwer "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. German family adverse
Zeg The day after tomorrow Georgian time measurement
Mamihlapinatapai A look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin Yaghan love feeling
Ser/Estar The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' Spanish attribute
Uzsonna A meal between lunch and dinner Hungarian food time
Ubuntu A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. Zulu beauty character awareness
Fargin To wholeheartedly appreciate the success of others Yiddish empathy happiness connection
Ômä (өмә) Collective helping Bashkir society positive
Ninot A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. Valencian attribute
Nuchshlepper Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on Yiddish awareness adverse persistence
Geis Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. Irish change fate
Vprikusku Drinking tea through pieces of sugar Russian food action
Ômä (өмә) Collective helping Bashkir society positive
Kairosclerosis A moment in which you realize that you're happy but simultaneously destroy that happiness by overthinking it English happiness reflection change
Crapoter verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. French health action society




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