Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Tokimeku A sudden flutter in your heart, or that feeling of inspiration if you’re anticipating something Japanese feeling exciting
Tjäle Ground frozen hard, beyond the point where digging is possible Swedish physical nature
Frischluftfanatiker literal translation: fresh air fanatic; referring to a person who tends to keep the windows open to get fresh air, even in winter or someone who always tries to be outside in the open air German nature
moņ (моң) Sadness; melody; lyricism Bashkir adverse music
Cafuné Tenderly running your fingers through your lover's hair Portuguese love
Schnapsleiche So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") German adverse event friends
Hanyauku To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface Rukwangali physical action
L'esprit de l'escalier Thinking of the perfect reply after the conversation is over. French friends interaction
Pena ajena "I feel embarrassed for you" Spanish emotion attribute
Capoclaque Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. Italian society attribute
Eudaimonia The contented happy state you feel when you travel Greek travel explore happiness
Wei-wu-wei "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. Chinese action life
Tôpäj (төпәй) Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling Bashkir action
Baadastoor Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual Urdu change habits
Mauri ora The essence that animates humans Nogay character
Volya (Воля) "Freedom" and "will", but also vast natural landscape Russian nature beauty
Philia "highest form of love"; deep love between friends, brotherly love Greek love friends
Zeitgeist The "spirit of the time" is what's going on culturally, religiously, or intellectually during a certain period. German time society
Irusu Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door Japanese event funny
Dépayser Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). French change feeling
Lagom Not too much and not too little Swedish measurement
desenrascanço the ability to find improvised solutions to problems Portuguese strength attribute life
Bon vivant Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. French positive happiness
Fika Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet Swedish food society
Levensgenieter Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted Dutch life happiness positive
Boketto (ぼけっと) gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). Japanese
Pelinti To move hot food around in your mouth Buli food
Polytropos (πολύτροπος) Much turned, much traveled, much wandering; turning many ways (shifty, versatile, wily) (changeful, complicated) [notoriously used in the opening of The Odyssey as an early challenge for translators] Greek explore
Kokoro A unity of mind and heart. Japanese awareness feeling
Schnickschnack Items of little value; empty words that people may utter German adverse




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