Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) | Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. | Tibetan | awareness physical | |
| Opia | the ambiguous intensity of eye-contact which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. | English | society awareness | |
| Parea | A group of friends who regularly gather together to share their experiences about life, their philosophies, values and ideas. | Greek | friends philosophical | |
| Dépayser | Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). | French | change feeling | |
| Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp | German | action attribute | |
| Hiraeth | A deep longing for home | Welsh | reflection feeling | |
| Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
| Tokka | A large herd of reindeer | Finnish | nature | |
| Tízórai | A meal between breakfast and lunch, literally "at ten o'clock" | Hungarian | food time | |
| Boketto | The act of gazing vacantly into the distance. | Japanese | thinking | |
| Utura-utura (うつらうつら) | To drift between sleep and wakefulness. | Japanese | event time phsyical | |
| Duende | The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person | Spanish | art feeling emotion | |
| 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 | |
| Kuleana | Self-imposed responsibility, duty, service | Hawaiian | strength character | |
| Shlep | To bring something from one place to another, but with the implication that its a burden to the carrier. Example: I had to shlep the bag of rocks all the way down the road | Yiddish | physical action | |
| Schilderwald | Jungle of traffic signs; a street so crowded with signs that you become lost | German | stress confusion | |
| Spannungsbogen | A sequence of events which build up suspense and/or tension | German | event exciting | |
| Stushevatsya | To fade into the background | Russian | action | |
| Séanas | A gap between the upper front teeth | Irish | physical attribute | |
| Pena ajena | "I feel embarrassed for you" | Spanish | emotion attribute | |
| Entzuterre | A distance that allows you to listen to another conversation | Basque | interaction | |
| Storgi (στοργη) | the love between parents and children | Greek | love family | |
| Rire dans sa barbe | To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened | French | funny reflection action | |
| Löyly | The steam that rises from the sauna heater when water is thrown on it | Finnish | physical | |
| Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
| Nou-nou | An indefinite time in the near future. It could be very near, like within a minute or two, or not so very near, like within an hour or three. This time-telling isn't an exact science at all—it's a non-committal way of giving someone a time. | Afrikaans | time | |
| Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
| Cafuné | Tenderly running your fingers through your lover's hair | Portuguese | love | |
| Bimyou | Not bad, or "meh" | Japanese | attribute | |
| Sonder | the realization that everyone has a life as vivid and complex as your own); coined by John Koenig. | English | philosophy awareness |
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