Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Minestra riscaldata | Literally "heated soup"; something done again but never as good as the first time it happened. Alternative to cavoli riscaldati (heated cabbage) | Italian | attribute | |
Haiku (俳句) | A form of Japanese poetry, usually just 17 syllables long (with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables), involving the sudden juxtapositions of ideas or images, and often focused on natural (e.g., seasonal) phenomena. | Japanese | art | |
Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love time strength | |
Philotimo | Love of honour | Greek | character | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
Jijivisha | The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living | Hindi | philosophy life awareness | |
Startijenn | A kickstart/boost of energy; also denotes perseverance. | Breton | strength | |
Panapoo'o | The act of searching your head in order to help you remember something you have forgotten. | Hawaiian | habits | |
Vipāka (विपाक) | Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. | Sanskrit | growth | |
Stushevatsya | To fade into the background | Russian | action | |
Niksen | Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all | Dutch | feeling awareness | |
Autophile | A person that loves solitude, being alone | English | character attribute | |
Verpeilt | Regularly forgetting things and not being in the present moment enough to organize your life properly | German | adverse awareness | |
Acedia | Lack of concern over your spiritual life or "mental sloth" | Greek | emotion religion | |
Feierabend | End of the work day | German | event | |
Nutro (Нутро) | Something that governs your inner being; your core | Russian | strength character | |
Sehnsucht | Thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. | German | philosophy reflection | |
Empalagoso | Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. | Spanish | food adverse change | |
Umarell | A term referring specifically to men of retirement age who spend their time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice | Italian | attribute | |
Myötähäpeä | Secondhand embarrassment | Finnish | adverse feeling | |
Culaccino | The mark left on the table by a cold glass | Italian | physical food | |
arumpu (அரும்பு) | A bud, but specifically referring to the stage where it is just starting to bud | Tamil | nature | |
Offing | The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future | English | nature beauty | |
Dhurna | Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid | Hindi | action persistence | |
Scrumping | Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees | English | food action | |
Arigata-meiwaku | When someone does something for you that you didn’t want them to do, and having to express gratitude for the act | Japanese | interaction | |
Wú jí (無極) | Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. | Chinese | measurement | |
Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
Siftah | First sale of the day for merchant | Turkish | event |
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