Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Zugzwang | To be forced to make a move even though it will likely to be at your disadvantage | German | action interaction philosophy | |
Feierabend | End of the work day | German | event | |
Extrawunsch | Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary | German | stress adverse action | |
Altschmerz | Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing for years. | German | adverse growth attribute | |
Zhì (智) | Wisdom, perspicacity, knowledge. | Chinese | thinking awareness | |
Manja | Childlike behaviour by women designed to elicit sympathy or pampering by men | Malay | attribute | |
Utura-utura (うつらうつら) | To drift between sleep and wakefulness. | Japanese | event time phsyical | |
Paasa | A person who leads someone on (intentionally or not). Appearing as if they are genuinely interested romantically when they aren’t | Tagalog | adverse interaction awareness | |
Débrouille | May be synonymous with resourceful, but it is more of a way of living by making do with little and improvising with what you have | French | creative | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Duende | The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person | Spanish | art feeling emotion | |
Sonder | the realization that everyone has a life as vivid and complex as your own); coined by John Koenig. | English | philosophy awareness | |
Schlemiel | An inept, clumsy person | Yiddish | attribute funny | |
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib. | Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest". | Tagalog | action | |
Voorpret | That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” | Dutch | happiness feeling exciting | |
Lepos | Charm, grace, wit, elegance, allure. | Latin | positive attribute | |
Mātauranga | The comprehension, or understanding of the universe | Nogay | awareness thinking reflection | |
Kyoiku mama | A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement | Japanese | family work growth | |
Nedoperepitj (недоперепить) | To drink more than one should have, but less than one would have wanted. To fail to drink too much. | Russian | funny action | |
Tôpäj (төпәй) | Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling | Bashkir | action | |
Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp | German | action attribute | |
Rén (仁) | Humanity, benevolence; the positive feeling enjoyed by a virtuous person through altruistic behaviour. | Chinese | positive | |
Talaka | Every member of a neighborhood getting together to do a work for free for a poor member of their community | Nogay | community connection | |
Karelu | The mark left on the skin by wearing something tight | Tulu | physical | |
Sgriob | The itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky | Irish | physical food |
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