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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity Hungarian life fate exciting
Umay Gettiing tired of a certain food Tagalog food
Toska (тоска) At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. Russian adverse philosophy
Verklempt Completely overcome with emotion Yiddish emotion
Bon vivant Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. French positive happiness
Latah Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things Indonesian habits
Ikigai A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning. Japanese growth happiness
Vagary An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action English change
Dhurna Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid Hindi action persistence
Salām (سلام) Peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. Arabic positive
Wú (無) Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. Chinese adverse
Trasnochar To stay up all night Spanish life time event
Oneirataxia The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality English awareness feeling
Dépayser Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). French change feeling
Odnoliub Someone who has only one love in his or her life; someone who is capable of loving only one at a time Russian love fate
Badkruka Someone who refuses to enter a body of water. Eg. Get in the lake you badkruka, or am I going to have to pull you in by your beard? Swedish funny nature explore
Arbejdsglæde Literally "work happiness"; the feeling of happiness provoked by a satisfying job Danish work happiness feeling
Frustfressen Excessive eating because of frustration German food adverse habits
Dayenu "It would have been enough" Hebrew reflection
Kuidare To eat yourself into backruptcy Japanese food funny
Sisu Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity Finnish growth strength
Schlemiel An inept, clumsy person Yiddish attribute funny
Chutzpah Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior Yiddish extreme
Consuegro Father in law of your son Spanish family
Vemödalen The fear that everything has already been done. For example: the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist. English philosophy awareness art
Eudaimonia The contented happy state you feel when you travel Greek travel explore happiness
Nakhur A camel that won't give milk until her nostrils have been tickled Persian nature
Psithurism The sound of wind through trees English nature beauty
Anchorage The desire to make time stand still English time
Jafjafa (جفجفة) The sound of new clothes. Arabic attribute life




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