Eunoia

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Eunoia was built in 24h by Steph. Search 700+ untranslatable words by 80+ languages and 60+ tags, or click refresh to see a new batch. Enjoy!


Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Qiang jingtou The fight by a cameraman to get a better vantage point Chinese creative art visual
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
Aesthete Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature English art beauty
Duende The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person Spanish art feeling emotion
Ukiyo The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life Japanese creative visual art
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




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