Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine The longest word in Turkish, meaning, ‘It's as though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsucessful ones.’ Turkish attribute
kaizen Continuous growth Japanese growth
Didis To search and pick up lice from one's own hair, usually when in bed at night Indonesian physical adverse
Myötähäpeä Secondhand embarrassment Finnish adverse feeling
Pantoffelheld Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife German family interaction
Kopfkino Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") German thinking visual
Camhanaich Half-light; early morning twilight Irish event nature
Sgriob The itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky Irish physical food
Desvelarse To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. Spanish event adverse
Mencomot Stealing things of small value, mostly for fun rather than out of necessity. Indonesian action funny
Celístia Brighness from the stars Catalan nature physical
Commuovere "Heartwarming,” but specifically refers to a story that moved you to tears Italian beauty interaction emotion
Kweesten Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk Dutch love action event
Oodal Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel Tamil love event feeling
Bildung education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. German cultural
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) Lit. ‘to life’. Hebrew life
Fika Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet Swedish food society
Exulansis The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. English emotion thinking
Luftmensch Literal: "air person". Refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer Yiddish attribute
Nekama A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet Japanese society
Schwärmerei Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. German happiness
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
arumpu (அரும்பு) A bud, but specifically referring to the stage where it is just starting to bud Tamil nature
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Pretoogjes Lit. 'fun eyes'; the twinkling eyes of someone engaging in benign mischief or fun. Dutch attribute phsyical
Beau geste A gesture noble in its nature or intention but ultimately meaningless in substance French action
Jibaku The act of unintentionally or inadvertently demolishing your own argument in the process of defending your view Japanese confusion interaction
Metanoia The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life English growth change
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
Tuntuvar The day before a wedding Nogay time event




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