Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) | "I hope that you are not tired" | Persian | society work | |
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu | Favorably, please. | Japanese | positive | |
Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society | |
Chai-Pani | Literal: "tea and water"; the money and favors given to someone to get things done | Hindi | food action | |
Mitonner | Cooking with passion | French | food love beauty | |
Saper vivere | The ability to handle people and situations with charm, diplomacy and verve; cf. savior faire (French). | Italian | friends attribute | |
Jootha | Food eaten by someone and left in the plate | Hindi | food | |
Aka'aka'a | Skin peeling or falling off after either sunburn or heavy drinking | Hawaiian | physical adverse | |
Muskelkater | Charley horse ("muscle cat") | German | physical | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
Acoy | Something that is either very positive or negative | Indonesian | positive measurement | |
Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
Gula | Gluttony, greed; indulgence; eating simply for the taste (i.e., not from hunger). | Spanish | adverse | |
Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
Kyoiku mama | A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement | Japanese | family work growth | |
Nakhur | A camel that won't give milk until her nostrils have been tickled | Persian | nature | |
Hikikomori | When a young person who is obsessed with TV, video games, and the internet, withdraws from society | Japanese | habits society | |
Kafkaesque | Having bizarre of illogical quality | English | attribute | |
Layogenic | Good looking from a distance | Tagalog | visual | |
Tjäle | Ground frozen hard, beyond the point where digging is possible | Swedish | physical nature | |
O ka la nokonoko | A day spent in nervous anticipation of a coughing spell | Hawaiian | thinking health stress | |
Aşermek | The experience of craving certain foods while pregnant | Turkish | food | |
Punya | “Merit,” “virtue”, “sacred", "good karma", among other things | Sanskrit | beauty | |
Adronitis | Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone | English | friends connection | |
Að redda | To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. | Icelandic | time | |
Hinna | "To find the time” or “to be on time” | Swedish | time | |
Gigil | The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute | Tagalog | physical positive funny | |
Voetstoots | A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees | Afrikaans | action |
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