Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Dayenu | "It would have been enough" | Hebrew | reflection | |
Dygn | Day and night; 24 hours | Swedish | measurement | |
Mensch | A person of integrity and honour | Yiddish | character attribute | |
Zhì (智) | Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. | Chinese | thinking awareness | |
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 | |
Se défouler | Let off steam to release or get rid of excess energy | French | energy stress | |
Meraki | Describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you're doing, whatever it may be. | Greek | emotion strength | |
Ta'arof (تعارف) | The complicated set of niceties and social rules to be observed as a form of good manners and proper etiquette | Persian | society interaction | |
Zechpreller | A person who leaves a restaurant without paying | German | adverse action food | |
Kucir | A tuft of hair left to grow on top of an otherwise bald head | Indonesian | physical change | |
Shouganai | It cannot be helped. | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
Surströmmingspremier | The first day of the year where it acceptable eat rotten herring. | Swedish | food event | |
kaizen | Continuous growth | Japanese | growth | |
Toska (тоска) | At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. | Russian | adverse philosophy | |
Nakakapag pabagabag | Something that brings about excessive anxiety or restlessness for a period of time; something that is making you nervous | Tagalog | stress feeling awareness | |
Utura-utura (うつらうつら) | To drift between sleep and wakefulness. | Japanese | event time phsyical | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Mágoa | A heart-breaking feeling that leaves long-lasting traces, visible in gestures and facial expressions | Portuguese | adverse emotion | |
Abhayamudrâ (अभय मुद्रा) | The gesture (e.g., in Hindu and Buddhist iconography) of fearlessness, protection, and/or peace; involves the palms facing outwards, and the fingers extending upwards. | Sanskrit | strength | |
Panapoo'o | The act of searching your head in order to help you remember something you have forgotten. | Hawaiian | habits | |
A'ama | Someone who speaks rapidly, hiding their meaning from one person while communicating it to another | Hawaiian | interaction | |
Anima | Soul; spirit; breath; mind | Latin | positive awareness | |
Mudita | The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being or happiness | Sanskrit | happiness positive empathy | |
Zugzwang | To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage | German | action interaction philosophy | |
Lekker | Literal translation "tasty", but can be used to describe anything that has one's hearty approval | Afrikaans | positive attribute | |
Desenrascar | An informal word that means the act of figuring out things | Portuguese | thinking growth | |
Ilunga | The capacity to forgive once, tolerate a second time, but never a third time. Conveys the progression toward intolerance. | Tshiluba | growth emotion reflection | |
Erkelmek | Teasing someone with repeating what they say | Nogay | interaction funny | |
Recherché | Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. | French | beauty attribute |
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