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| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
| Dugnad | Communal work in a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task (ex: a knitting bee) | Norwegian | work society connection | |
| Être dépaysé | To be in an environment you're not used to | French | change society awareness | |
| Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
| Greng-jai | The feeling of not wanting to impose | Thai | feeling society | |
| Eomchina | Contraction of the phrase "Mom's friend's son". Academically successful (and possibly wealthy) male student who is the target of envy among others | Korean | family society work | |
| 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 | |
| Taraadin | A happy solution for everyone | Arabic | happiness society | |
| 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 | |
| Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
| Arlésienne | Used to describe people who are at the centre of a conversation/situation/problem but can’t be found anywhere | French | society interaction | |
| Occhiolism | The awareness of the smallness of your perspective | English | awareness life society | |
| Tachiyomi | To stand in a bookstore and read a book without buying it | Japanese | society funny action | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse 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 | |
| Han | Sorrow, regret, grief, resentment, "a dull ache of the soul", yet passive and not revenge seeking; waiting for the injustice to be righted | Korean | society persistence adverse | |
| inssa | Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends | Korean | society | |
| Janteloven | Jante’s law; a set of social codes or norms that emphasize the importance of collective success rather than individual | Norwegian | society positive interaction | |
| Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
| Fika | Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet | Swedish | food 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 | |
| Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
| Guān xì (關係) | Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. | Chinese | society friends | |
| Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
| Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) | "I hope that you are not tired" | Persian | society work |
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