Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Talaka | Every member of a neighborhood getting together to do a work for free for a poor member of their community | Nogay | community connection | |
Mauri | The essence that animates something living, but not human | Māori | nature | |
Ludus | playful love between children or casual lovers | Greek | love | |
Frostbeule | Someone that is very sensitive to cold. That friend that always feels cold. ("frost bite") | German | attribute friends | |
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 | |
Zažitjsja (зажиться) | To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead | Russian | death adverse | |
Engili (ఎంగిలి) | Having contacted another's mouth directly or indirectly via hand or utensil that is not fit for consumption. | Telugu | adverse food | |
Jugaad (जुगाड) | the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. | Hindi | life | |
cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
Madrugada | The time of day occurring between past midnight and early morning | Spanish | time measurement | |
Abquatulate | To leave without saying goodbye | English | action | |
Chantepleurer | Singng and crying simultaneously | French | action | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Ikigai | A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning. | Japanese | growth happiness | |
Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
Vagary | An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action | English | change | |
Pekopeko | Bowing one's head repeatedly in a grovelling manner | Japanese | physical action | |
Drachenfutter | A gift to your significant other as a form of apology | German | love feeling | |
Débrouillardise | Quality of someone who is resourceful and lives with the ability to creatively improvise; someone who can make do and solve problems without much | French | creative | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
Numinous | Describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed an inspired | English | beauty emotion | |
Mecnun | "madly in love" to the point of actual mental instability | Turkish | love emotion | |
Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
Geis | Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. | Irish | change fate | |
Seijaku (静寂) | Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). | Japanese | awareness beauty | |
Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
Rauxa | Sudden determination or action; rapture | Catalan | action strength | |
Wei-wu-wei | "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. | Chinese | action life |
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