Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Age-otori | The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut | Japanese | adverse event feeling | |
L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) | Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama | Yiddish | extreme interaction | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Kafkaesque | Having bizarre of illogical quality | English | attribute | |
tuḷir (துளிர்) | Technically "a baby leaf", but it specifcally means a freshness tenderness, delicateness | Tamil | attribute beauty | |
Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
Tima | Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it | Icelandic | thinking action | |
Að redda | To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. | Icelandic | time | |
kataṟu (கதறு) | Helplessly shaking and crying | Tamil | action adverse | |
Dor | The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love | Romanian | love adverse | |
Kopfkino | Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") | German | thinking visual | |
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 | |
Rubatosis | The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat | English | physical health awareness | |
Gurfa | The amount of water that can be scooped up in a hand. | Arabic | measurement | |
Házisárkány | Literally "indoor dragon"; a nagging restless spouse | Hungarian | family stress adverse | |
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár | Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity | Hungarian | life fate exciting | |
Kokoro | A unity of mind and heart. | Japanese | awareness feeling | |
Madrugada | The time of day occurring between past midnight and early morning | Spanish | time measurement | |
Philotimo | Love of honour | Greek | character | |
Anima | Soul; spirit; breath; mind | Latin | positive awareness | |
Blunda | To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something. | Swedish | action | |
Manna | A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success | English | change positive | |
Wintercearig | Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter | English | weather emotion adverse | |
Kulturbärare | Lit. culture-bearer or culture-carrier; a phenomenon (e.g., person or idea) that upholds a culture and/or moves it forward. | Swedish | cultural | |
Kweesten | Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk | Dutch | love action event | |
Pretoogjes | Lit. 'fun eyes'; the twinkling eyes of someone engaging in benign mischief or fun. | Dutch | attribute phsyical | |
Dapjeongneo | Used when someone asks a question despite knowing the answer, expecting the listener to make a smart and studied guess | Korean | society interaction | |
Punya | “Merit,” “virtue”, “sacred", "good karma", among other things | Sanskrit | beauty | |
Flâner | verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. | French | explore travel | |
Boketto (ぼけっと) | gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). | Japanese |
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