Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Eunoia (εὔνοια) | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty thinking | |
Otium | The condition of being in control of one’s own time; leisure, free-time; ease, peace. | Latin | growth time habits | |
Adronitis | Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone | English | friends connection | |
Se défouler | Let off steam to release or get rid of excess energy | French | energy stress | |
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 | |
Komorebi (木漏れ日) | Lit. wood is ‘leaking’ sunlight; dappled sunlight filtering through leaves. | Japanese | nature beauty | |
Insouciant | Free from worry, concern, or anxiety | English | positive | |
Sumud (صمود) | steadfastness, a determined struggle to persist. | Arabic | growth strength | |
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib. | Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest". | Tagalog | action | |
Kenshō (見性) | Seeing (ken) one’s nature or essence (shō); perceiving one’s Buddha nature; sometimes interpreted as an initial or brief awakening. | Japanese | awareness growth | |
Rocambolesco | Stunning action that requires extreme audacity; literally means "there's no need" as in "there's no need to thank you" | Italian | extreme surprise | |
Mencomot | Stealing things of small value, mostly for fun rather than out of necessity. | Indonesian | action funny | |
Kæk | Spirited, bold, cheeky, cocky. | Danish | attribute | |
Fachidiot | Someone who knows a great deal about a very narrow subject | German | thinking attribute | |
Mauerbauertraurigkeit | The unexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who really like you. | German | friends habits | |
Bon vivant | Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. | French | positive happiness | |
Boketto | The act of gazing vacantly into the distance. | Japanese | thinking | |
Pomicione | A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman | Italian | attribute | |
Startijenn | A kickstart/boost of energy; also denotes perseverance. | Breton | strength | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Myötähäpeä | Secondhand embarrassment | Finnish | adverse feeling | |
Koi No Yokan | The feeling upon meeting someone that falling in love with them is inevitable. | Japanese | love | |
Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
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 | |
Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
Strikhedonia | The joy of being able to say "to hell with it" | English | positive | |
Palla | To steal fruit off trees | Swedish | funny action food | |
Jugaad (जुगाड) | the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. | Hindi | life | |
Seny | Common sense, is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action | Catalan | positive character | |
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 |
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