Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Kilig | It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. | Tagalog | feeling love connection | |
Hammajang | "All messed up" | Hawaiian | adverse | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
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 | |
Toska (тоска) | At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. | Russian | adverse philosophy | |
Abquatulate | To leave without saying goodbye | English | action | |
Dreich | Especially of weather: dreary, bleak. For example, "a cold, dreich early April day" | Scottish | weather adverse | |
Sitzfleisch | Having "Sitzfleisch": being persistent enough to complete a tough or big task | German | strength growth | |
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 | |
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu | Favorably, please. | Japanese | positive | |
Hoʻoponopono | Mutual forgiveness. | Hawaiian | connection character emotion | |
Zanshin (残心) | Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). | Japanese | awareness | |
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 | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
O ka la nokonoko | A day spent in nervous anticipation of a coughing spell | Hawaiian | thinking health stress | |
La douleur exquise | The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have | French | feeling awareness love | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Tokka | A large herd of reindeer | Finnish | nature | |
Luscofusco | Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun | Galician | physical beauty | |
Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change | |
Dreich | Of weather: extremely dull, miserably dreary, a combination of cloud, rain, fog, wetness and coldness - all at the same time | Scottish | weather adverse | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
Dépaysement | The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to | French | feeling awareness change | |
Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature | |
Abbiocco | The feeling of falling asleep after lunch or dinner | Italian | food feeling | |
Yuanfen | A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends. | Chinese | love society | |
Fanaa (فناء) | Used in a romantic, and spiritual sense. It could also mean breaking free, escaping ego, dying while your material body hasn’t | Urdu | fate love | |
Age-otori | The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut | Japanese | adverse event feeling | |
Schwärmerei | Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. | German | happiness |
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