Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Anánkē (Ανάγκη) | destiny, fate, necessity. | Greek | awareness | |
Gigil | The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute | Tagalog | physical positive funny | |
Pålägg | Anything that you can put in a sandwich | Swedish | food attribute | |
Ukiyo | The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life | Japanese | creative visual art | |
Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
Morriña | Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home | Galician | feeling awareness life | |
Strikhedonia | The joy of being able to say "to hell with it" | English | positive | |
Kucir | A tuft of hair left to grow on top of an otherwise bald head | Indonesian | physical change | |
Gurfa | The amount of water that can be scooped up in a hand. | Arabic | measurement | |
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár | Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity | Hungarian | life fate exciting | |
Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society | |
Guanxi (关系) | An intimate connection between people which would benefit from the other in solving delicate problems or in achieving personal goals | Chinese | growth connection | |
Levensgenieter | Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted | Dutch | life happiness positive | |
Guān xì (關係) | Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. | Chinese | society friends | |
uḷaṟu (உளறு) | To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated | Tamil | awareness adverse | |
Hygge | A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. | Danish | life feeling | |
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 | |
Mechaye | Joy, pleasure; something that gives great joy/pleasure. | Yiddish | positive | |
Bilita Mpash | Opposite of a nightmare | Bantu | positive event | |
Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
Feierabend | End of the work day | German | event | |
kaṟpu (கற்பு) | Determination to chastity, even in the face of adversity | Tamil | strength | |
Tsundoku | Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them | Japanese | adverse | |
Umarell | A term referring specifically to men of retirement age who spend their time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice | Italian | attribute | |
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 | |
Unglücksrabe | An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) | German | luck adverse | |
Retrouvailles | Lit. 'rediscovery'; a reunion (e.g., with loved ones after a long time apart). | French | friends family | |
Rhwe | To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked | Tsonga | funny event | |
Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature | |
Naz | The pride that comes from knowing that you are loved no matter what you do | Urdu | love strength positive |
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