Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Seijaku (静寂) Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). Japanese awareness beauty
Pelinti To move hot food around in your mouth Buli food
Morriña Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home Galician feeling awareness life
Rhwe To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked Tsonga funny event
Fahrvergnügen The love of simply driving German adventure happiness
Kenjataimu "wise man's time": The post-orgasmic period when a man's thoughts are no longer impaired by his sexual drive; he is thus likened to a "sage" of clear mind Japanese awareness
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
Schnapsidee An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk German funny thinking creative
Fanaa (فناء) Used in a romantic, and spiritual sense. It could also mean breaking free, escaping ego, dying while your material body hasn’t Urdu fate love
Kummerspeck Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") German food adverse habits
Oneirataxia The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality English awareness feeling
Wasuremono Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. Japanese adverse habits
Jafjafa (جفجفة) The sound of new clothes. Arabic attribute life
Avoir la molle A listless unwillingness to do any work French adverse
Yuputka A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin Ulwa nature adverse
Kusukusu The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women Japanese sound friends funny
Sonder the realization that everyone has a life as vivid and complex as your own); coined by John Koenig. English philosophy awareness
Torschlusspanik The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals German growth awareness
Bababa ba? Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) Tagalog action
Ninot A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. Valencian attribute
Abhayamudrâ (अभय मुद्रा) The gesture (e.g., in Hindu and Buddhist iconography) of fearlessness, protection, and/or peace; involves the palms facing outwards, and the fingers extending upwards. Sanskrit strength
Gemütlichkeit An atmosphere of belonging, relaxation, chilled music, great food and drink German music food life
Fika Coffee and cake break with friends or colleagues Swedish food friends
Vellichor The strange wistfulness of used bookshops English feeling
Autophile A person that loves solitude, being alone English character attribute
Cwtch Wrapping of your arms around someone to make them feel safe in the world Welsh love connection
Kilig It is the sudden feeling of an inexplicable joy one gets when something romantic or idealistic occurs; butterflies. Tagalog feeling love connection
Tuerto A man with only one eye Spanish physical
Latah Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things Indonesian habits
Seny Common sense, is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action Catalan positive character




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