Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | The desire to make time stand still | English | time | |
| Pekopeko | Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner | Japanese | physical action | |
| Gigil | The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute | Tagalog | physical positive funny | |
| Ignōrāmus | Lit. ‘we do not know’ (e.g., the spirit of scientific enquiry), or ‘we take no notice of’ (used in legal contexts, e.g., when deemed evidence to be inadmissible). | Latin | philosophy growth | |
| Nepenthe | Something that helps you forget grief or suffering | Greek | growth strength | |
| Anteayer | The day before yesteraday | Spanish | measurement | |
| Blunda | To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something. | Swedish | action | |
| Þetta reddast | it will all work out ok' (used especially when things don't look optimistic!). | Icelandic | fate | |
| Rén (仁) | Humanity, benevolence; the positive feeling enjoyed by a virtuous person through altruistic behaviour. | Chinese | positive | |
| Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
| Kolay gelsin | "may it come easy for you"; said to those who are busy | Turkish | interaction connection | |
| Moledro | A feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you'll never meet, who may have lived centuries ago and thousands of miles away | English | awareness connection | |
| 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 | |
| Avspasere | To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). | Norwegian | society time | |
| Jouska | A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head | English | thinking | |
| S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
| Turnbeutelvergesser | Literally "sportsbag", but often used for a pupil that forgets their gym bag. | German | funny | |
| cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
| Te quiero | Similar to "I love you" in a lower level, something that you say to someone and maybe someday it will be "love". For example, It's used with close co workers or in the classroom. | Spanish | feeling | |
| Boketto (ぼけっと) | gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). | Japanese | ||
| Anánkē (Ανάγκη) | destiny, fate, necessity. | Greek | awareness | |
| kaṟpu (கற்பு) | Determination to chastity, even in the face of adversity | Tamil | strength | |
| Titip | To temporarily entrust something to a person | Indonesian | trust | |
| Bixomets | Shame on behalf of others | Catalan | feeling adverse | |
| Yaqin (يقين) | Certitude and freedom from doubt. | Arabic | feeling awareness | |
| Bohereen | A tight, single lane country lane | Irish | explore physical | |
| uḷaṟu (உளறு) | To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated | Tamil | awareness adverse | |
| Amaeru | To seek affection through doing things like clinging or pleading | Japanese | persistence | |
| Seijaku (静寂) | Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). | Japanese | awareness beauty | |
| Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical |
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