Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
On (恩) A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. Japanese life
Saper vivere The ability to handle people and situations with charm, diplomacy and verve; cf. savior faire (French). Italian friends attribute
Bwisit Something/someone ruined your day or mood Tagalog emotion adverse
Occhiolism The awareness of the smallness of your perspective English awareness life society
Gattara A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats Italian life society
Shouganai It cannot be helped. Japanese philosophy fate
Schlimazel A chronically unlucky person Yiddish attribute adverse
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change
Acedia Lack of concern over your spiritual life or "mental sloth" Greek emotion religion
Desenrascar An informal word that means the act of figuring out things Portuguese thinking growth
Jijivisha The strong, eternal desire to live and to continue living Hindi philosophy life awareness
Neko-neko Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse Indonesian funny creative
Packesel The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip German travel physical
Umay Gettiing tired of a certain food Tagalog food
Ohrwurm A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") German life music
Agape selfless love to all, universal loving kindness Greek love connection
Jibaku The act of unintentionally or inadvertently demolishing your own argument in the process of defending your view Japanese confusion interaction
Glückspilz A lucky person ("lucky mushroom") German positive
Noniná Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. Spanish attribute measurement positive
Feierabend End of the work day German event
Drachenfutter A gift to your significant other as a form of apology German love feeling
Ghalidan Rolling from side to side as lovers do Persian love action connection
Gamchil Korean word of Umami, best translated as "flavorful" and "tasty." Used often when describing a dish that achieves entirely new level of flavor by combining elements from ukegon, meaning land, sea and sky. Korean food taste
Gambiarra A very poor or ugly but effective solution for a problem; to use improvised methods / solutions to solve a problem, with any avaiable material Portuguese creative
Autophile A person that loves solitude, being alone English character attribute
Vybafnout To jump out and say "boo" Czech action funny surprise
Vypendrivatsja (выпендриваться) To behave in a way that makes one look more important or special than one is, to ride the high horse, to show off Russian character society
Lieko A tree trunk that has fallen to the bottom of a lake Finnish nature
Mahalo Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living Hawaiian positive
Schnapsleiche So who passed out drunk ("liquor corpse") German adverse event friends




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