Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Zanshin (残心) | Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). | Japanese | awareness | |
Fernweh | To have a yearning to see distant places | German | travel thinking | |
Lieko | A tree trunk that has fallen to the bottom of a lake | Finnish | nature | |
Sawubona | A greeting that means “I see you, you are important to me and I value you” | Zulu | connection respect | |
Abbiocco | The feeling of falling asleep after lunch or dinner | Italian | food feeling | |
Morriña | Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home | Galician | feeling awareness life | |
Dreikäsehoch | A small child who is as tall as three wheels of cheese stacked upon one another | German | measurement food | |
Mahalo | Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living | Hawaiian | positive | |
Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement | |
Onism | The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. | English | awareness reflection thinking | |
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 | |
Blunda | To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something. | Swedish | action | |
Morgenfrisk | Feeling rested after a good night's sleep | Danish | health physical | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Tôpäj (төпәй) | Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling | Bashkir | action | |
Vypendrivatsja (выпендриваться) | To behave in a way that makes one look more important or special than one is, to ride the high horse, to show off | Russian | character society | |
Gourmand | One who is excessively fond of eating and drinking. | French | food attribute | |
Fensterln | To visit a girl who you fancy either by coming to her window or climbing through it to see her | German | love action persistence | |
Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
Chutzpah | Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior | Yiddish | extreme | |
Forelsket | The euphoria you feel when you're first falling in love. | Norwegian | love feeling change | |
Capricho | Work done with care in a way that surpass quality expectations. | Portuguese | work creative | |
Cierrabares | "Bar-closer". A person who usually leave the party on last place. | Spanish | friends social | |
Kinkartvyavimudh | Helplessness due to being duty-bound | Hindi | feeling | |
Zindabad | A shout of encouragement; a cheer, which can also be interpreted to mean "may [idea or person] live forever" | Urdu | life interaction | |
Rehepaplus | A kind of entrepreneurialism that mustn't always have the moral high ground. Clever, sometimes at the expense of others and their stupidity. The word can be used as both a positive (quick thinker) as a negative (scammer). | Estonian | character attribute | |
Empalagoso | Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. | Spanish | food adverse change | |
Töörõõm | work fun': finding the simple joys in everyday tasks. | Estonian | work feeling | |
Crapoter | verb. To not take a lungful of a cigarette. | French | health action society | |
Nadryv (Надрыв) | Literally means "to tear or break", but can also mean the inner tension of someone who is about to break | Russian | stress emotion |
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