Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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On (恩) | A feeling of moral indebtedness, relating to a favour or blessing given by others. | Japanese | life | |
Talkoot | a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. | Finnish | event society | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Oodal | Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel | Tamil | love event feeling | |
Minestra riscaldata | Literally "heated soup"; something done again but never as good as the first time it happened. Alternative to cavoli riscaldati (heated cabbage) | Italian | attribute | |
Lekker | Literal translation "tasty", but can be used to describe anything that has one's hearty approval | Afrikaans | positive attribute | |
Schulbildend | Inspiring or leading to the creation of schools of thought. | German | growth philosophy | |
Tatemae & Honne | The contrast between a person's feelings and desires (honne) versus the behavior and opinions one displays in public (tatemae) | Japanese | feeling reflection character | |
La douleur exquise | The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have | French | feeling awareness love | |
Épater les bourgeois | To shock the middle classes | French | society surprise extreme | |
Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
Hatsuyume | The first dream one has in the new year; thought to be an omen | Japanese | feeling | |
Erkelmek | Teasing someone with repeating what they say | Nogay | interaction funny | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
Hygge | A quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. | Danish | life feeling | |
Vagary | An unpredictable instance, a wandering journey, a whimsical, wild, or unusual idea, desire, or action | English | change | |
Flâner | verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. | French | explore travel | |
Pantoffelheld | Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife | German | family interaction | |
Estrenar | The experience of wearing something for the first time | Spanish | life | |
Pelinti | To move hot food around in your mouth | Buli | food | |
Ramé | Something that is both chaotic and joyful at the same time | Indonesian | life attribute | |
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib. | Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest". | Tagalog | action | |
Shemomedjamo (შემომეჭამა) | To keep eating past the point of being full since the food tastes so good. | Georgian | food | |
Iktsuarpok | The feeling of anticipation that leads you to keep looking outside to see if anyone is coming. | Inuktitut | awareness persistence feeling | |
Nutro (Нутро) | Something that governs your inner being; your core | Russian | strength character | |
Vprikusku | Drinking tea through pieces of sugar | Russian | food action | |
Ripsaspis (ρίψασπις) | Literal: "the one that throws down his shield"; the one that gives in with dismay | Greek | action | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Rubatosis | The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat | English | physical health awareness |
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