Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Janteloven | Jante’s law; a set of social codes or norms that emphasize the importance of collective success rather than individual | Norwegian | society positive interaction | |
Empalagoso | Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. | Spanish | food adverse change | |
Engili (ఎంగిలి) | Having contacted another's mouth directly or indirectly via hand or utensil that is not fit for consumption. | Telugu | adverse food | |
Enxebre | Something pure and very authentic | Galician | positive attribute | |
Fremdschämen | To be embarrassed by something somebody else did | German | society thinking adverse | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Koev li halev (כואב לי הלב) | Literally "my head hurts", but used to convey empathy for someone's suffering | Yiddish | empathy connection | |
Fernweh | To have a yearning to see distant places | German | travel thinking | |
Desenrascar | An informal word that means the act of figuring out things | Portuguese | thinking growth | |
Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
Meraki | Describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you're doing, whatever it may be. | Greek | emotion strength | |
Siftah | First sale of the day for merchant | Turkish | event | |
Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change | |
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 | |
A'ama | Someone who speaks rapidly, hiding their meaning from one person while communicating it to another | Hawaiian | interaction | |
Verschlimmbessern | Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it | German | action | |
Desvelarse | To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. | Spanish | event adverse | |
Nunchi | The art of listening to a person and identifying his or her moods or emotions. The literal combination of "eye" and measure" | Korean | interaction connection emotion | |
Nuchshlepper | Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on | Yiddish | awareness adverse persistence | |
Ghalidan | Rolling from side to side as lovers do | Persian | love action connection | |
Redamancy | The act of loving the one who loves you; a returned love in full | English | love emotion | |
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu | Favorably, please. | Japanese | positive | |
Xiao xiao | The whistling and pattering of rain or wind | Chinese | nature beauty sound | |
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 | |
piñcu (பிஞ்சு) | Young, baby fruit | Tamil | food | |
Kenjataimu | "wise man's time": The post-orgasmic period when a man's thoughts are no longer impaired by his sexual drive; he is thus likened to a "sage" of clear mind | Japanese | awareness | |
Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
Şikemperver | Someone who is very fond of eating and drinking | Turkish | food happiness | |
Scrumping | Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees | English | food action | |
Gurfa | The amount of water that can be scooped up in a hand. | Arabic | measurement |
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