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| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachesism | The desire to be struck by disaster - to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire | English | thinking life fate | |
| Levensgenieter | Someone who loves life deeply; is devoted | Dutch | life happiness positive | |
| Trepverter | A witty comeback you think of only when it’s too late to use | Yiddish | funny life | |
| Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
| Pole | Sorry; can also express empathy and understanding. | Swahili | thinking life | |
| Moriturism | The sudden reminder that you will one day no longer occupy this earth | English | awareness philosophy life | |
| Jugaad (जुगाड) | the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. | Hindi | life | |
| Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
| Morriña | Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home | Galician | feeling awareness life | |
| Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár | Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity | Hungarian | life fate exciting | |
| desenrascanço | the ability to find improvised solutions to problems | Portuguese | strength attribute life | |
| Ramé | Something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time | Indonesian | life attribute | |
| Anecdoche | A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening. | English | friends life | |
| 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 | |
| On (恩) | A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. | Japanese | life | |
| Sud’ba (судьба). | Fate, destiny, fortune | Russian | fate change life | |
| Prozvonit | To call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. | Czech | life funny event | |
| Sphallolalia | Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere. | English | love life | |
| Estrenar | The experience of wearing something for the first time | Spanish | life | |
| Innerer Schweinehund | Literal: 'Inner pig dog'; the lazy voice in your head. It symbolizes the part of you that doesn’t want to go jogging, that prefers staying at home with chocolate and pizza and is just generally lazy. | German | feeling life health | |
| Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
| Ohrwurm | A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") | German | life music | |
| Gemütlichkeit | An atmosphere of belonging, relaxation, chilled music, great food and drink | German | music food life | |
| Onsay | Pretend to love | Boro | life | |
| Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress |
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