Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Pretoogjes | Lit. 'fun eyes'; the twinkling eyes of someone engaging in benign mischief or fun. | Dutch | attribute phsyical | |
Şırış | Mucus or the sweet sugary residue from fruits or other treats | Nogay | food | |
Duende | The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person | Spanish | art feeling emotion | |
Seny | Common sense, is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action | Catalan | positive character | |
Anemoia | Nostalgia for a time that you have never lived | Greek | reflection philosophy | |
Schilderwald | Jungle of traffic signs; a street so crowded with signs that you become lost | German | stress confusion | |
Dor | The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love | Romanian | love adverse | |
moņ (моң) | Sadness; melody; lyricism | Bashkir | adverse music | |
Ta'arof (تعارف) | The complicated set of niceties and social rules to be observed as a form of good manners and proper etiquette | Persian | society interaction | |
Friolero | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feel cold. | Spanish | attribute friends | |
Kafkaesque | Having bizarre of illogical quality | English | attribute | |
Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
Han | Sorrow, regret, grief, resentment, "a dull ache of the soul", yet passive and not revenge seeking; waiting for the injustice to be righted | Korean | society persistence adverse | |
Kuleana | Self-imposed responsibility, duty, service | Hawaiian | strength character | |
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 | |
Anecdoche | A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening. | English | friends life | |
Philotimo | Love of honour | Greek | character | |
Luscofusco | Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun | Galician | physical beauty | |
Pneúma (πνεῦμα) | Wind; breath; spirit. | Greek | physical | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
Sankocha | The feeling of embarrassment due to receiving an inordinate or extravagent gift/favor, making you feel as though you need to return a favor that you can't | Kannada | feeling | |
L'esprit de l'escalier | Thinking of the perfect reply after the conversation is over. | French | friends interaction | |
Sóphrosuné (σωφροσύνη) | excellence of character and soundness of mind; leads to other beneficial qualities, such as moderation and self-control. | Greek | awareness | |
Halyava (Халява) | Getting something without working for it | Russian | luck positive work | |
Qì zhì (氣质) | Quality of character, disposition, style, charm, attractiveness, magnetism. | Chinese | attribute positive | |
Schnapsleiche | So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") | German | adverse event friends | |
Magari | maybe, hopeful wish, wistful regret, in my dreams, if only. | Italian | thinking | |
Prozvonit | To call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. | Czech | life funny event | |
Poka-Yoke | Any mechanism in any process that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka) | Japanese | work process |
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