Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Schulbildend | Inspiring or leading to the creation of schools of thought. | German | growth philosophy | |
Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
Mecnun | "madly in love" to the point of actual mental instability | Turkish | love emotion | |
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 | |
Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Madrugarse | To stay up until the wee hours of the morning | Spanish | time action | |
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 | |
Dadirri | Inner, deep listening and quiet, still awareness out of respect. | Ngangiwumirr | awareness | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Anteayer | The day before yesteraday | Spanish | measurement | |
Kram | The quality of snow that makes it moldable so that one make snow balls and snowmen. | Norwegian | nature attribute | |
Ta'arof (تعارف) | The complicated set of niceties and social rules to be observed as a form of good manners and proper etiquette | Persian | society interaction | |
Zhì (智) | Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. | Chinese | thinking awareness | |
Ennui | A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do | English | adverse feeling | |
Hwyl | A passion and fervour for a competitive event like a poetry reading or a rugby match that fills your entire body with a sense of belonging. | Welsh | emotion extreme | |
Vabba | To be at home with the kids | Swedish | family | |
Tokka | A large herd of reindeer | Finnish | nature | |
Pantoffelheld | Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife | German | family interaction | |
inssa | Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends | Korean | society | |
Apapachar | Pamper a person especially when she or he is sad | Spanish | action | |
Rocambolesco | Stunning action that requires extreme audacity; literally means "there's no need" as in "there's no need to thank you" | Italian | extreme surprise | |
Voetstoots | A sale where the thing is sold as is or with all its faults without any guarantees | Afrikaans | action | |
Irusu | Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door | Japanese | event funny | |
Wasuremono | Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. | Japanese | adverse habits | |
Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
Mencolek | The trick when you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them | Indonesian | funny friends action | |
Extrawurst | Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary | German | stress adverse action | |
Nunchi | The art of listening to a person and identifying his or her moods or emotions. The literal combination of "eye" and measure" | Korean | interaction connection emotion | |
Sawubona | A greeting that means “I see you, you are important to me and I value you” | Zulu | connection respect |
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