Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Mechaye | Joy, pleasure; something that gives great joy/pleasure. | Yiddish | positive | |
Torschlusspanik | The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals | German | growth awareness | |
Poka-Yoke | Any mechanism in any process that helps an equipment operator avoid (yokeru) mistakes (poka) | Japanese | work process | |
Latah | Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things | Indonesian | habits | |
Seijaku (静寂) | Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). | Japanese | awareness beauty | |
Rudenėja | The transition from summer to fall, used to describe all the processes during the change of the seasons, for example leaves changing the colour, constant rain, etc. | Lithuanian | beauty change | |
Magari | maybe, hopeful wish, wistful regret, in my dreams, if only. | Italian | thinking | |
Tízórai | A meal between breakfast and lunch, literally "at ten o'clock" | Hungarian | food time | |
Kæk | Spirited, bold, cheeky, cocky. | Danish | attribute | |
Umami | A category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter); savoriness | Japanese | food attribute | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Nodus tollens | The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. | English | philosophy awareness life | |
Tizita (ትዝታ) | A bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, thing gone by. | Amharic | time thinking | |
Tinga | Particles of food left between teeth | Tagalog | food physical | |
Vellichor | The strange wistfulness of used bookshops | English | feeling | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Fuubutsushi | The things – feelings, scents, images – that evoke memories or anticipation for a particular season. | Japanese | time | |
Naz | The pride that comes from knowing that you are loved no matter what you do | Urdu | love strength positive | |
Waldeinsamkeit | The feeling of solitude in the woods | German | nature beauty | |
Durcheinander | Complete mess; screwed up beyond all recognition | German | adverse | |
Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine | The longest word in Turkish, meaning, ‘It's as though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsucessful ones.’ | Turkish | attribute | |
Tsuji-giri | To try out a new sword on a passer-by | Japanese | action violence | |
Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement | |
Hiraeth | A deep longing for home | Welsh | reflection feeling | |
Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy | |
Bababa ba? | Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) | Tagalog | action | |
Manja | Childlike behaviour by women designed to elicit sympathy or pampering by men | Malay | attribute |
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