Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Ba Namak | A person "with salt"—funny, witty, flavorful, or charming, as opposed to a humorless, dry person. | Persian | positive exciting | |
Kafkaesque | Having bizarre of illogical quality | English | attribute | |
Tokimeku | A sudden flutter in your heart, or that feeling of inspiration if you’re anticipating something | Japanese | feeling exciting | |
Hüzün | Originally pain and sorrow over a loss, but also can mean melancholy associated with a sense of failure in life and a gloomy feeling that things will likely get worse. | Turkish | adverse emotion | |
Angrillen | Beginning the grilling season | German | food event | |
Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
Friluftsliv | “Free air life,” signifying a fundamental understanding of the positive impact of being in nature | Norwegian | nature health | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Te (德) | Virtue; morality; integrity; inner power. | Chinese | strength | |
Levensgenieter | Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted | Dutch | life happiness positive | |
Werifesteria | To wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery | English | nature explore | |
Consuegro | Father in law of your son | Spanish | family | |
Pålegg | Anything that you can put in a sandwich | Norwegian | food | |
Duende | The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person | Spanish | art feeling emotion | |
Philotimo (φιλότιμο) | The inner impulse to act well and in alignment with the moral virtues that represent one's own society and upbringing | Greek | society character family | |
Hissikablelvuku | To sense something before it actually happens | Turkish | fate time | |
Mitonner | Cooking with passion | French | food love beauty | |
Chutzpah | Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior | Yiddish | extreme | |
Rhwe | To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked | Tsonga | funny event | |
Ubuntu | A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. | Zulu | beauty character awareness | |
Apapachar | Pamper a person especially when she or he is sad | Spanish | action | |
Zažitjsja (зажиться) | To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead | Russian | death adverse | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love connection fate | |
Livsnjutare | Someone who loves life deeply | Swedish | love life beauty | |
Neko-neko | Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse | Indonesian | funny creative | |
Yoisho | A word without meaning, said when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work or lifting a heavy bag. | Japanese | event physical work | |
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 | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love time strength | |
Qiang jingtou | The fight by a cameraman to get a better vantage point | Chinese | creative art visual | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness |
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