Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Fika | Coffee and cake break with friends or colleagues | Swedish | food friends | |
Yoisho | A word without meaning, said when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work or lifting a heavy bag. | Japanese | event physical work | |
Frostbeule | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") | German | attribute friends | |
Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
Şikemperver | Someone who is very fond of eating and drinking | Turkish | food happiness | |
Nutro (Нутро) | Something that governs your inner being; your core | Russian | strength character | |
Eshaku | A slight bow of around 15 degrees | Japanese | physical action | |
Rè nào (熱鬧) | Not only fun and lively, but also has a special vibe that makes everyone want to be there. | Chinese | positive music | |
Strohwitwer | "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. | German | family adverse | |
Utura-utura (うつらうつら) | To drift between sleep and wakefulness. | Japanese | event time phsyical | |
Kos | Cosiness, warmth, intimacy; kose as a verb; koselig as an adjective. | Norwegian | attribute | |
Onsra | That bittersweet feeling of loving for the last time; the feeling when you already know that a love won't last | Boro | love fate emotion | |
Chimuela | a person lacking one or more teeth | Spanish | physical funny | |
Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Nepenthe | Something that helps you forget grief or suffering | Greek | growth strength | |
Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
Aimonomia | Being scared to learn the ‘why’ of something | English | adverse feeling thinking | |
On-nomi | The practice of getting together with friends on the internet and having a drink together | Japanese | friends | |
Erinmek | Not doing something you have to do just because you don’t want to; being a prick | Nogay | adverse | |
Достолепие (dostolepiye) | Contains the roots for dosta (a lot) and lepota (beautiful) from Old Bulgarian language. The word literally means full of beauty but it is more like a combination of noble, full of values, beautiful and brave for man and femininity for women. It is very typical to use this word in context of old traditional photos of people where one appreciate the beauty of the past. | Bulgarian | beauty | |
Spleen | Melancholy without apparent cause | French | feeling | |
Tatemae & Honne | The contrast between a person's feelings and desires (honne) versus the behavior and opinions one displays in public (tatemae) | Japanese | feeling reflection character | |
Bohereen | A tight, single lane country lane | Irish | explore physical | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
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 | |
Warmduscher | Literal: 'A person that takes warm showers'; to describe those who have trouble stepping out of their comfort zone | German | funny attribute growth | |
Startijenn | A kickstart/boost of energy; also denotes perseverance. | Breton | strength | |
Mauri ora | The essence that animates humans | Nogay | character | |
Qì zhì (氣质) | Quality of character, disposition, style, charm, attractiveness, magnetism. | Chinese | attribute positive |
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