Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Mahj | Looking beautiful after having a disease | Persian | beauty change | |
Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
Chindogu | A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag | Japanese | creative funny | |
Ǩuẓlanyu | To marry a divorced woman | Bashkir | family attribute | |
Spannungsbogen | A sequence of events which build up suspense and/or tension | German | event exciting | |
Uzsonna | A meal between lunch and dinner | Hungarian | food time | |
Voorpret | That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” | Dutch | happiness feeling exciting | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Solkatt | The glimmer that reflects the sunshine off a wristwatch | Swedish | physical beauty | |
Yaqin (يقين) | Certitude and freedom from doubt. | Arabic | feeling awareness | |
Sehnsucht | Thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. | German | philosophy reflection | |
Luscofusco | Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun | Galician | physical beauty | |
Serendipity | The development of events by chance that result in a beneficial way | Tamil | event beauty life | |
Shouganai | It cannot be helped. | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
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 | |
Pantoffelheld | Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife | German | family interaction | |
Calacala | Children wading through water as they play | Tulu | family physical nature | |
Lítost | Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. | Czech | adverse awareness fate | |
Luftmensch | Literal: "air person". Refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer | Yiddish | attribute | |
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 | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
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 | |
Gökotta | To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing | Swedish | nature beauty | |
Naz | The pride that comes from knowing that you are loved no matter what you do | Urdu | love strength positive | |
Hiraeth | A deep longing for home | Welsh | reflection feeling | |
Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) | Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. | Tibetan | awareness physical | |
Tôpäj (төпәй) | Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling | Bashkir | action | |
Eunoirophrenia | The peace of mind that comes with having pleasant dreams. | Greek | feeling positive | |
Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change |
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