Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Tokimeku | A sudden flutter in your heart, or that feeling of inspiration if you’re anticipating something | Japanese | feeling exciting | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Wasuremono | Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. | Japanese | adverse habits | |
Hinna | "To find the time” or “to be on time” | Swedish | time | |
Lieko | A tree trunk that has fallen to the bottom of a lake | Finnish | nature | |
Geis | Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. | Irish | change fate | |
Vemödalen | The fear that everything has already been done. For example: the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist. | English | philosophy awareness art | |
Mensch | A person of integrity and honour | Yiddish | character attribute | |
Qualunquismo | Political apathy; people who really don’t care very much about politics and related issues in society | Italian | society | |
Konfliktfähigkeit | the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. | German | growth | |
Hoʻoponopono | Mutual forgiveness. | Hawaiian | connection character emotion | |
Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
Manna | A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success | English | change positive | |
Hoppilandkalle | Guy who jumps to dry land to moor a boat | Swedish | action | |
Kuuki Yomenai | "Cannot read the air” and jokingly applies to people who struggle to read social situations | Japanese | connection confusion | |
Weichei | Literal: "soft egg"; someone who is weak or cowardly | German | adverse attribute | |
Kaapshljmurslis | The feeling of being cramped on public transportation | Latvian | stress physical | |
Noroke | To brag about or sing the praises of the person you love | Japanese | love emotion | |
Anteayer | The day before yesteraday | Spanish | measurement | |
Schnickschnack | Items of little value; empty words that people may utter | German | adverse | |
Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
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 | |
Entzuterre | A distance that allows you to listen to another conversation | Basque | interaction | |
Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
L'esprit de l'escalier | Thinking of the perfect reply after the conversation is over. | French | friends interaction | |
Hygge | A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. | Danish | life feeling | |
Abhisar (অভিসার) | Lit. 'going towards'; a meeting (often secret) between lovers / partners. | Bengali | love event | |
Kram | The quality of snow that makes it moldable so that one make snow balls and snowmen. | Norwegian | nature attribute | |
Döşek | Anything that you can use when you are laying down or sleeping | Turkish | physical |
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