Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Wú jí (無極) Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. Chinese measurement
Ludus playful love between children or casual lovers Greek love
Dhakkann "The shroud of clouds concealed the sun." Someone too naive to see the truth in things, also used in a derogatory way Hindi adverse awareness
Layogenic Good looking from a distance Tagalog visual
Milozvučan Having a sweet and gentle voice Croatian attribute physical
Riposo Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. Italian event society
Ǩuẓlanyu To marry a divorced woman Bashkir family attribute
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Tuntuvar The day before a wedding Nogay time event
Bimyou Not bad, or "meh" Japanese attribute
Kombinować to conspire/try to resolve a problem with unusual methods or through connections Polish creative action
Nepenthe Something that helps you forget grief or suffering Greek growth strength
Abditory A place into which you can disappear; a hiding place English physical thinking
Toska (тоска) At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. Russian adverse philosophy
Irusu Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door Japanese event funny
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Recherché Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. French beauty attribute
Faamiti The sound made by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child Samoan sound
Xiao xiao The whistling and pattering of rain or wind Chinese nature beauty sound
Jia You (加油) Literally translated to mean "add oil", Jia You means something along the lines of "give'er hell", used in the same way "good luck" is often applied in English Chinese strength interaction
Morgenfrisk Feeling rested after a good night's sleep Danish health physical
chimak Chicken and beer Korean food
Wabi-sabi Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. Japanese beauty awareness
Wú (無) Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. Chinese adverse
Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. Tibetan awareness physical
Buksvåger Literally means "abdomen brothers-in-law"; used for two men who have slept with the same woman Swedish physical
Orphic Mysterious and entertaining; beyond ordinary understanding English reflection
Dørstokkmila The longest mile between your cozy couch in your fireplace-candlelight-cabin-hygge and the door threshold. It would be "door-threshold-mile", loosely translated Norwegian nature
Nodus tollens The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. English philosophy awareness life
Haiku (俳句) A form of Japanese poetry, usually just 17 syllables long (with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables), involving the sudden juxtapositions of ideas or images, and often focused on natural (e.g., seasonal) phenomena. Japanese art




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