Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
| Verschlimmbessern | Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it | German | action | |
| kaṟpu (கற்பு) | Determination to chastity, even in the face of adversity | Tamil | strength | |
| Nehrotit to | Literal: “Not to make X into a sharp point"; a choice not to stress about something | Czech | stress happiness | |
| Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) | bathing' in the forest (literally and/or metaphorically). | Japanese | nature event | |
| Vagary | An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action | English | change | |
| L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) | Lit. ‘to life’. | Hebrew | life | |
| Oodal | Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel | Tamil | love event feeling | |
| Ser/Estar | The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' | Spanish | attribute | |
| Lekker | Literal translation "tasty", but can be used to describe anything that has one's hearty approval | Afrikaans | positive attribute | |
| Ba Namak | A person "with salt"—funny, witty, flavorful, or charming, as opposed to a humorless, dry person. | Persian | positive exciting | |
| Schlimazel | A chronically unlucky person | Yiddish | attribute adverse | |
| tuḷir (துளிர்) | Technically "a baby leaf", but it specifcally means a freshness tenderness, delicateness | Tamil | attribute beauty | |
| Nintendo | “Leave luck to heaven” or to leave one's fortune in the hands of fate | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
| Trennungsagentur | Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up | German | action | |
| Gambiarra | A very poor or ugly but effective solution for a problem; to use improvised methods / solutions to solve a problem, with any avaiable material | Portuguese | creative | |
| Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις) | Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay | Greek | action | |
| Rashk-e-Qamar | Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty | Urdu | beauty | |
| Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
| Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
| Klexos | the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. | English | thinking | |
| cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
| Tokka | A large herd of reindeer | Finnish | nature | |
| Kilig | It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. | Tagalog | feeling love connection | |
| Guanxi (关系) | An intimate connection between people which would benefit from the other in solving delicate problems or in achieving personal goals | Chinese | growth connection | |
| Autophile | A person that loves solitude, being alone | English | character attribute | |
| Liberosis | The desire to care less about things. | English | thinking awareness | |
| Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
| Chrysalism | An amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. | English | nature beauty | |
| Kyoiku mama | A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement | Japanese | family work growth |
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