Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
| Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
| Adronitis | Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone | English | friends connection | |
| Numinous | Describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed an inspired | English | beauty emotion | |
| Mulaltsag | From a von Neumann biography: "It is not a party, it is not a feast, it is not even an orgy; it is simply the spontaneous combustion of a bunch of people having a good time." | Hungarian | exciting community | |
| 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 | |
| Linslus | Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo. Literal translation: "lens louse" | Swedish | society | |
| Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
| Rè nào (熱鬧) | Not only fun and lively, but also has a special vibe that makes everyone want to be there. | Chinese | positive music | |
| 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 | |
| Uffda | A sympathetic word to be used when someone else is in pain. It combines ‘Ouch for you’ and ‘Oh, I’m sorry you hurt yourself’ | Norwegian | empathy emotion awareness | |
| Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature | |
| Avoir la molle | A listless unwillingness to do any work | French | adverse | |
| 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 | |
| Wú (無) | Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. | Chinese | adverse | |
| S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
| Goso | When you smell sesame oil - that nutty, flavorful, aromatic - mostly used to describe smells of sesame and/or bean paste | Korean | sensory food | |
| Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) | Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. | Tibetan | awareness physical | |
| Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
| Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Aka'aka'a | Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking | Hawaiian | physical adverse | |
| Anima | Soul; spirit; breath; mind | Latin | positive awareness | |
| 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 | |
| Chai-Pani | Literal: "tea and water"; the money and favors given to someone to get things done | Hindi | food action | |
| Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
| Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy | |
| On (恩) | A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. | Japanese | life |
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