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| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
| Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Mokita | The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. | Kilivila | awareness thinking society | |
| inssa | Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends | Korean | society | |
| Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
| Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
| 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 | |
| Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
| Greng-jai | The feeling of not wanting to impose | Thai | feeling society | |
| Crapoter | verb. To not take not take a lungful of a cigarette. | French | health action society | |
| Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
| Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
| 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 | |
| Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
| Mambo | Someone that still lives with their mother | Swedish | family persistence 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 | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
| Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
| Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
| 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 | |
| Taraadin | A happy solution for everyone | Arabic | happiness society | |
| Qualunquismo | Political apathy; people who really don’t care very much about politics and related issues in society | Italian | society | |
| Fika | Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet | Swedish | food society |
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