Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Toska (тоска) | At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. | Russian | adverse philosophy | |
Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
Tatemae & Honne | The contrast between a person's feelings and desires (honne) versus the behavior and opinions one displays in public (tatemae) | Japanese | feeling reflection character | |
Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
Irusu | Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door | Japanese | event funny | |
Chingada | An imaginary, horrible place where you send all those who annoy you | Spanish | funny adverse character | |
Te (德) | Virtue; morality; integrity; inner power. | Chinese | strength | |
Kibun | Your state of mind with respect to your place in the world. | Korean | reflection awareness | |
Desus | The quiet, smooth sound of somebody farting although not very loudly | Indonesian | sound funny action | |
Haiku (俳句) | A form of Japanese poetry, usually just 17 syllables long (with lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables), involving the sudden juxtapositions of ideas or images, and often focused on natural (e.g., seasonal) phenomena. | Japanese | art | |
Ennui | A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do | English | adverse feeling | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love time strength | |
Xiao xiao | The whistling and pattering of rain or wind | Chinese | nature beauty sound | |
Buksvåger | Literally means "abdomen brothers-in-law"; used for two men who have slept with the same woman | Swedish | physical | |
Shouganai | It cannot be helped. | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
Orphic | Mysterious and entertaining; beyond ordinary understanding | English | reflection | |
Rudenėja | The transition from summer to fall, used to describe all the processes during the change of the seasons, for example leaves changing the colour, constant rain, etc. | Lithuanian | beauty change | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
Putzfimmel | Adjective for someone who is obsessed with cleaning | German | habits | |
Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
Avspasere | To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). | Norwegian | society time | |
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 | |
Tîeow (เที่ยว) | To wander or roam around in a carefree way. | Thai | travel positive change | |
Hanyauku | To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface | Rukwangali | physical action | |
Mysig | To describe anything with an unexpectedly relaxing vibe | Swedish | positive | |
Mangomoment | "What can I do now for you, to make you happy?" | Dutch | love friends connection | |
Janteloven | Jante’s law; a set of social codes or norms that emphasize the importance of collective success rather than individual | Norwegian | society positive interaction | |
Zažitjsja (зажиться) | To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead | Russian | death adverse | |
Exulansis | The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. | English | emotion thinking |
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