Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Boketto | The act of gazing vacantly into the distance. | Japanese | thinking | |
Vipāka (विपाक) | Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. | Sanskrit | growth | |
Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance | German | adverse attribute interaction | |
Chindogu | A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag | Japanese | creative funny | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Ehvenişer | When choosing between bad things, the lesser of two evils. | Turkish | philosophy | |
Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Culaccino | The mark left on the table by a cold glass | Italian | physical food | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Drachenfutter | A gift to your significant other as a form of apology | German | love feeling | |
Débrouillardise | Quality of someone who is resourceful and lives with the ability to creatively improvise; someone who can make do and solve problems without much | French | creative | |
Fargin | To wholeheartedly appreciate the success of others | Yiddish | empathy happiness connection | |
Lieko | A tree trunk that has fallen to the bottom of a lake | Finnish | nature | |
Utura-utura (うつらうつら) | To drift between sleep and wakefulness. | Japanese | event time phsyical | |
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu | Favorably, please. | Japanese | positive | |
Zuihitsu (随筆) | Literally, “running brush”. A genre of Japanese literature; authors write what’s top of mind and follow their random thoughts. The genre is more personal than performative and gives the reader an intimate look at the inner workings of the writer’s mind. | Japanese | writing creative | |
Mahalo | Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living | Hawaiian | positive | |
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 | |
Tempus fugit | Time flies, flees, escapes. | Latin | time | |
Bildung | education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. | German | cultural | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Exulansis | The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. | English | emotion thinking | |
Latah | Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things | Indonesian | habits | |
Wegbier | A beer you're having on your way somewhere (i.e. a party) | German | friends event food |
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