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| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuanfen | A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends. | Chinese | love society | |
| Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
| Dapjeongneo | Used when someone asks a question despite knowing the answer, expecting the listener to make a smart and studied guess | Korean | society interaction | |
| Linslus | Someone who always wants to have their face in a photo. Literal translation: "lens louse" | Swedish | society | |
| Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
| Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
| Rabenmutter | A bad mom ("raven mother") | German | family society adverse | |
| Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
| Philotimo (φιλότιμο) | The inner impulse to act well and in alignment with the moral virtues that represent one's own society and upbringing | Greek | society character family | |
| Arlésienne | Used to describe people who are at the centre of a conversation/situation/problem but can’t be found anywhere | French | society interaction | |
| Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
| Être dépaysé | To be in an environment you're not used to | French | change society awareness | |
| Vypendrivatsja (выпендриваться) | To behave in a way that makes one look more important or special than one is, to ride the high horse, to show off | Russian | character society | |
| Qualunquismo | Political apathy; people who really don’t care very much about politics and related issues in society | Italian | society | |
| Avspasere | To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). | Norwegian | society time | |
| Nito-onna | A woman so dedicated to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops. | Japanese | society work | |
| Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
| Dugnad | Communal work in a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task (ex: a knitting bee) | Norwegian | work society connection | |
| Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
| Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
| Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
| Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
| Tachiyomi | To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it | Japanese | society funny action | |
| Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society |
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