Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
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
Eunoia (εὔνοια) A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty thinking
Viitsima To overcome laziness as the last or only obstacle to do something. Estonian persistence strength
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
Utepils The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer Norwegian event life positive
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change
Kintsukuroi To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. Japanese beauty change
Nonina Andalusian expression of three negations to say yes but with a certain touch, as if wanting to mean that this is not even doubted. Spanish cultural
Merienda It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. Spanish food event
Naz The pride that comes from knowing that you are loved no matter what you do Urdu love strength positive
Warmduscher Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone German funny attribute growth
Üşenmek To be too lazy to do something Turkish energy
Qì (氣) Lit. air, breath; ‘life force/energy’. Chinese health awareness
Geis Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. Irish change fate
sobremesa After-dinner conversation Spanish food friends
Ilunga The capacity to forgive once, tolerate a second time, but never a third time. Conveys the progression toward intolerance. Tshiluba growth emotion reflection
Chrysalism An amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm. English nature beauty
Rizq Life's provision of account. Often used in daily speech when someone wasn’t able to achieve something, it wasn’t in their Rizq. Urdu philosophy connection
Pålegg Anything that you can put in a sandwich Norwegian food
Volya (Воля) "Freedom" and "will", but also vast natural landscape Russian nature beauty
Kæk Spirited, bold, cheeky, cocky. Danish attribute
Sokaiya A man with a few shares in several companies who extorts money by threatening to come to the shareholders' meetings and cause trouble Japanese adverse
kaizen Continuous growth Japanese growth
Recherché Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. French beauty attribute
Forelsket The euphoria you feel when you're first falling in love. Norwegian love feeling change
Bwisit Something/someone ruined your day or mood Tagalog emotion adverse
Gezellig A warm feeling of cozyness, but also have good times with friends af a party. Dutch feeling positive
Pantoffelheld Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife German family interaction
Werifesteria To wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery English nature explore
Kusukusu The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women Japanese sound friends funny




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