Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Filotimo | A friend of honour, but it also implies dignity, pride, sacrifice and respect | Greek | character friends | |
Kolay gelsin | "may it come easy for you"; said to those who are busy | Turkish | interaction connection | |
Efkar | The boredom of the soul. A lovely moment, that you need to be so happy, but instead you feel with a deep sorrow. | Turkish | feeling adverse | |
Kyoiku mama | A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement | Japanese | family work growth | |
Pomicione | A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman | Italian | attribute | |
Bimyou | Not bad, or "meh" | Japanese | attribute | |
Rabharta | A spring tide | Irish | nature | |
Koshatnik | A dealer in stolen cats | Russian | adverse character work | |
Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
Schnickschnack | Items of little value; empty words that people may utter | German | adverse | |
Shemomedjamo (შემომეჭამა) | To keep eating past the point of being full since the food tastes so good. | Georgian | food | |
Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
Aeipathy | A continued passion; an unyielding disease | English | persistence | |
Scrumping | Stealing fruit (particularly apples) from trees | English | food action | |
Merienda | It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. | Spanish | food event | |
Schnapsidee | An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk | German | funny thinking creative | |
Voetstoots | A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees | Afrikaans | action | |
Metanoia | The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life | English | growth change | |
Abhisar (অভিসার) | Lit. 'going towards'; a meeting (often secret) between lovers / partners. | Bengali | love event | |
Njuta | to deeply enjoy, to profoundly appreciate. | Swedish | positive | |
tuḷir (துளிர்) | Technically "a baby leaf", but it specifcally means a freshness tenderness, delicateness | Tamil | attribute beauty | |
Latah | Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things | Indonesian | habits | |
Zažitjsja (зажиться) | To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead | Russian | death adverse | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love connection fate | |
Tizita (ትዝታ) | A bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, thing gone by. | Amharic | time thinking | |
Hinna | "To find the time” or “to be on time” | Swedish | time | |
L'appel du vide | Describes the instinctive urge to jump from high places | French | habits physical | |
Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
Mauerbauertraurigkeit | The unexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who really like you. | German | friends habits |
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