Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Abbiocco | The feeling of falling asleep after lunch or dinner | Italian | food feeling | |
kaṟpu (கற்பு) | Determination to chastity, even in the face of adversity | Tamil | strength | |
Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
Sayang | Describes when you've wasted an opportunity | Tagalog | adverse 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 | |
Lekker | Literal translation "tasty", but can be used to describe anything that has one's hearty approval | Afrikaans | positive attribute | |
Nutro (Нутро) | Something that governs your inner being; your core | Russian | strength character | |
Wú jí (無極) | Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. | Chinese | measurement | |
Dolgostroj (долгострой) | A construction project that seems to go on forever | Russian | time adverse | |
Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature | |
Ba Namak | A person "with salt"—funny, witty, flavorful, or charming, as opposed to a humorless, dry person. | Persian | positive exciting | |
Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change | |
Efkar | The boredom of the soul. A lovely moment, that you need to be so happy, but instead you feel with a deep sorrow. | Turkish | feeling adverse | |
Bimyou | Not bad, or "meh" | Japanese | attribute | |
Wei-wu-wei | "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. | Chinese | action life | |
Jafjafa (جفجفة) | The sound of new clothes. | Arabic | attribute life | |
Solkatt | The glimmer that reflects the sunshine off a wristwatch | Swedish | physical beauty | |
Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement | |
Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
Tachiyomi | To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it | Japanese | society funny action | |
Geis | Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. | Irish | change fate | |
Kolay gelsin | "may it come easy for you"; said to those who are busy | Turkish | interaction connection | |
Bào fù xìng āo yè (報復性熬夜) | Revenge bedtime procrastination | Chinese | emotion | |
Desvelarse | To wake up in the middle of the night. Be unable to fall asleep. | Spanish | event adverse | |
Capicua | A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers | Catalan | measurement |
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