Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) | bathing' in the forest (literally and/or metaphorically). | Japanese | nature event | |
Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine | The longest word in Turkish, meaning, ‘It's as though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsucessful ones.’ | Turkish | attribute | |
Schnapsdrossel | A person that drinks a lot but rarely gets drunk | German | food habits | |
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 | |
Manna | A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success | English | change positive | |
Kos | Cosiness, warmth, intimacy; kose as a verb; koselig as an adjective. | Norwegian | attribute | |
Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
Friolero | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feel cold. | Spanish | attribute friends | |
Capricho | Work done with care in a way that surpass quality expectations. | Portuguese | work creative | |
Gemba | The real place'; in business it refers to the real place where value is created, such as the factory floor. Instead of depending on hierarchy, the people who are closest to what's happening make decisions. Ie: the more hands-on knowledge a decision-maker has, the better their decision will be. | Japanese | work cultural | |
Kilig | It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. | Tagalog | feeling love connection | |
Nuchshlepper | Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on | Yiddish | awareness adverse persistence | |
Onsra | That bittersweet feeling of loving for the last time; the feeling when you already know that a love won't last | Boro | love fate emotion | |
Resfeber | Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. | Swedish | travel physical | |
Viitsima | To overcome laziness as the last or only obstacle to do something. | Estonian | persistence strength | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Pålägg | Anything that you can put in a sandwich | Swedish | food attribute | |
Njuta | to deeply enjoy, to profoundly appreciate. | Swedish | positive | |
Rire dans sa barbe | To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened | French | funny reflection action | |
Pole | Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. | Swahili | thinking life | |
Boketto (ぼけっと) | gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). | Japanese | ||
Siftah | First sale of the day for merchant | Turkish | event | |
Sisu | Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity | Finnish | growth strength | |
Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις) | Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay | Greek | action | |
Overskud | Extra/excess energy; do have sufficient resources to do something; profit (in an economic context). | Danish | attribute | |
İmece | The gathering of many people and doing the work of one person | Turkish | community | |
Metanoia | The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life | English | growth change | |
Empalagoso | Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. | Spanish | food adverse change | |
Sonder | the realization that everyone has a life as vivid and complex as your own); coined by John Koenig. | English | philosophy awareness |
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