Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
Saper vivere | The ability to handle people and situations with charm, diplomacy and verve; cf. savior faire (French). | Italian | friends attribute | |
Klexos | the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. | English | thinking | |
Rückkehrunruhe | The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. | German | awareness time | |
Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
Niksen | Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all | Dutch | feeling awareness | |
Schadenfreude | Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. | German | feeling adverse | |
Chandamama (చందమామ) | Literally "uncle moon"; referring to the moon when admiring it | Telugu | nature beauty | |
Nementia | Feeling nervous or anxious in your own skin | English | feeling adverse | |
Að redda | To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. | Icelandic | time | |
Redamancy | The act of loving the one who loves you; a returned love in full | English | love emotion | |
Crapoter | verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. | French | health action society | |
Milozvučan | Having a sweet and gentle voice | Croatian | attribute physical | |
Baadastoor | Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual | Urdu | change habits | |
Capicua | A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers | Catalan | measurement | |
Mauerbauertraurigkeit | The unexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who really like you. | German | friends habits | |
Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
Dadirri | Inner, deep listening and quiet, still awareness out of respect. | Ngangiwumirr | awareness | |
Luscofusco | Time of nightfall, just with the last ray of Sun | Galician | physical beauty | |
Kummerspeck | Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") | German | food adverse habits | |
Qì (氣) | Lit. air, breath; ‘life force/energy’. | Chinese | health awareness | |
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 | |
Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
Luftmensch | Literal: "air person". Refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer | Yiddish | attribute | |
Anima | Soul; spirit; breath; mind | Latin | positive awareness | |
Agape | selfless love to all, universal loving kindness | Greek | love connection | |
Décidément | When coincidences occur or when events repeat themselves by chance (for example, when you run into the same person many times in one week) | French | surprise interaction fate | |
Merienda | It's something you eat between lunch and dinner (sandwich, fruit...). At 6pm or so. Kids never miss it. | Spanish | food event | |
Sankocha | The feeling of embarrassment due to receiving an inordinate or extravagent gift/favor, making you feel as though you need to return a favor that you can't | Kannada | feeling |
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