Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Eudaimonia The contented happy state you feel when you travel Greek travel explore happiness
Arigata-meiwaku When someone does something for you that you didn’t want them to do, and having to express gratitude for the act Japanese interaction
Dygn Day and night; 24 hours Swedish measurement
Fingerspitzengefühl Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse German feeling
Şikemperver Someone who is very fond of eating and drinking Turkish food happiness
Saudade melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. Portuguese life
Anima Soul; spirit; breath; mind Latin positive awareness
Nadryv When a person releases intimate, deeply hidden feelings, sometimes that do not truly exist; imaginary, excessively exaggerated and distorted feelings Russian emotion extreme
Feierabend End of the work day German event
Volta During certain hours of the early evening, around dusk, everyone in the town who might feel like going for a walk takes a saunter or stroll up and down the main street Greek time physical nature
Pretoogjes Lit. 'fun eyes'; the twinkling eyes of someone engaging in benign mischief or fun. Dutch attribute phsyical
Kweesten Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk Dutch love action event
Gattara A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats Italian life society
Kusukusu The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women Japanese sound friends funny
Kram The quality of snow that makes it moldable so that one make snow balls and snowmen. Norwegian nature attribute
Cafuné Tenderly running your fingers through your lover's hair Portuguese love
Torschlusspanik The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals German growth awareness
Zhì (智) Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. Chinese thinking awareness
Onsay Pretend to love Boro life
Kyoiku mama A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement Japanese family work growth
Débrouille May be synonymous with resourceful, but it is more of a way of living by making do with little and improvising with what you have French creative
Şırış Mucus or the sweet sugary residue from fruits or other treats Nogay food
Töörõõm work fun': finding the simple joys in everyday tasks. Estonian work feeling
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Ninot A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. Valencian attribute
Zgabalj Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined Serbian adverse society
Wei-wu-wei "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. Chinese action life
Lagom Not too much and not too little Swedish measurement
Sisu Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity Finnish growth strength
Maktub "Everything is destined and written" Arabic philosophy fate




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