Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Camhanaich | Half-light; early morning twilight | Irish | event nature | |
sobremesa | After-dinner conversation | Spanish | food friends | |
Maktub | "Everything is destined and written" | Arabic | philosophy fate | |
Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
Bimyou | Not bad, or "meh" | Japanese | attribute | |
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 | |
Nakhur | A camel that won't give milk until her nostrils have been tickled | Persian | nature | |
Estrenar | The experience of wearing something for the first time | Spanish | life | |
Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
Resfeber | Travel fever/bug; the feeling of excitement and nervousness experienced by a traveller before undertaking a journey. | Swedish | travel physical | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Desir | The sound of sand driven by the wind | Malay | sound nature | |
Xíng qì (行氣) | Volitionally (e.g., mentally) circulating or directing qi. | Chinese | growth awareness strength | |
Didis | To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night | Indonesian | physical adverse | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Goesting | Looking forward to, can't wait, have an appetite for | Dutch | positive feeling | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
Kyoiku mama | A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement | Japanese | family work growth | |
Að redda | To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. | Icelandic | time | |
Boketto (ぼけっと) | gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). | Japanese | ||
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár | Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity | Hungarian | life fate exciting | |
Ciğerparem | Describe love to someone who is in the deepest part of his/her heart; refers to someone that you love as much as your own body. | Turkish | love connection | |
Dayenu | "It would have been enough" | Hebrew | reflection | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Üşenmek | To be too lazy to do something | Turkish | energy | |
Insouciant | Free from worry, concern, or anxiety | English | positive | |
Numinous | Describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed an inspired | English | beauty emotion | |
Fachidiot | Someone who knows a great deal about a very narrow subject | German | thinking attribute | |
Putzfimmel | Adjective for someone who is obsessed with cleaning | German | habits | |
Baadastoor | Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual | Urdu | change habits |
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