Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
Sabhsaí | Someone who works outside no matter how bad the weather is | Irish | work persistence | |
Kweesten | Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk | Dutch | love action event | |
Redamancy | The act of loving the one who loves you; a returned love in full | English | love emotion | |
Orphic | Mysterious and entertaining; beyond ordinary understanding | English | reflection | |
Greng-jai | The feeling of not wanting to impose | Thai | feeling society | |
Palla | To steal fruit off trees | Swedish | funny action food | |
Eomchina | Contraction of the phrase "Mom's friend's son". Academically successful (and possibly wealthy) male student who is the target of envy among others | Korean | family society work | |
Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
Duende | The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person | Spanish | art feeling emotion | |
Koev li halev (כואב לי הלב) | Literally "my head hurts", but used to convey empathy for someone's suffering | Yiddish | empathy connection | |
Saper vivere | The ability to handle people and situations with charm, diplomacy and verve; cf. savior faire (French). | Italian | friends attribute | |
Bayanihan | Mutual cooperation; when a burden is shared together with a positive attitude with a sense of camaraderie, the burden feels lighter. | Tagalog | community positive | |
Mana | The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone | Māori | attribute | |
Ramé | Something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time | Indonesian | life attribute | |
Flâner | verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. | French | explore travel | |
Ádvaita (अद्वैत) | non-dual; the notion that there is only one reality. | Sanskrit | measurement philosophy | |
Nuchshlepper | Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on | Yiddish | awareness adverse persistence | |
Arbejdsglæde | Literally "work happiness"; the feeling of happiness provoked by a satisfying job | Danish | work happiness feeling | |
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 | |
desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
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 | |
Siwon | Usually meanng cool or cold, but when used in the context of dining, means the taste which achieves the ideal umami such that the food feels cool | Korean | food attribute | |
Treppenwitz | Literal: "staircase joke", because the witty retort usually hits you in the stairwell on your way out | German | funny | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
Nutro (Нутро) | Something that governs your inner being; your core | Russian | strength character | |
Spätzünder | A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development | German | adverse | |
Töörõõm | work fun': finding the simple joys in everyday tasks. | Estonian | work feeling | |
Athazagoraphobia | The fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced | English | reflection thinking | |
İmece | The gathering of many people and doing the work of one person | Turkish | community |
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