Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Unglücksrabe An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) German luck adverse
Nja Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. Swedish measurement
Hoʻoponopono Mutual forgiveness. Hawaiian connection character emotion
Resol That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. Mallorquín nature
Hatsuyume The first dream one has in the new year; thought to be an omen Japanese feeling
Wegbier A beer you're having on your way somewhere (i.e. a party) German friends event food
Talkoot a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. Finnish event society
Mahalo Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living Hawaiian positive
Pragma longtime love, such as in long marriages Greek love family
Nodus tollens The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. English philosophy awareness life
(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
Uitbuiken Literally means giving your belly or stomach space to expand after a proper dinner. It signifies being so full that you really have to go lay down and ''uitbuiken''. Dutch food action
Anima Soul; spirit; breath; mind Latin positive awareness
Séanas A gap between the upper front teeth Irish physical attribute
Recherché Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. French beauty attribute
Gula Gluttony, greed; indulgence; eating simply for the taste (i.e., not from hunger). Spanish adverse
L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama Yiddish extreme interaction
Eunoia (εὔνοια) A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty thinking
Vellichor The strange wistfulness of used bookshops English feeling
Jouska A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head English thinking
Nito-onna A woman so dedicated to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops. Japanese society work
Liberosis The desire to care less about things. English thinking awareness
Kopfkino Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") German thinking visual
Offing The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future English nature beauty
Yugen A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. Japanese beauty awareness philosophy
Desvelarse To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. Spanish event adverse
Töörõõm work fun': finding the simple joys in everyday tasks. Estonian work feeling
Hissikablelvuku To sense something before it actually happens Turkish fate time
Kuuki Yomenai "Cannot read the air” and jokingly applies to people who struggle to read social situations Japanese connection confusion
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change




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