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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Mangomoment "What can I do now for you, to make you happy?" Dutch love friends connection
Gretchenfrage A direct question with the intention of unveiling the underlying thoughts of the person being questioned German awareness connection
Jafjafa (جفجفة) The sound of new clothes. Arabic attribute life
Rizq Life's provision of account. Often used in daily speech when someone wasn’t able to achieve something, it wasn’t in their Rizq. Urdu philosophy connection
Vaitherichal The feeling that you get when someone has something that you lack, however you are not jealous, yet instead feel as though they should not possess that because you don't Tamil adverse thinking
Şırış Mucus or the sweet sugary residue from fruits or other treats Nogay food
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee A declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them. Arabic love connection fate
Nuchshlepper Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on Yiddish awareness adverse persistence
Avoir la molle A listless unwillingness to do any work French adverse
Zhaghzhagh The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage Tamil adverse action physical
Xiao xiao The whistling and pattering of rain or wind Chinese nature beauty sound
Ninot A ninot is a figure with human representation. In a conversation, it means a person without personality. Valencian attribute
Nepenthe Something that helps you forget grief or suffering Greek growth strength
Formacja A state of mind and its own culture of a generation Polish society change
Kokoro A unity of mind and heart. Japanese awareness feeling
Seigneur-terrasse Someone who spends time, but not money, at a café French funny life
Dor The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love Romanian love adverse
Ádvaita (अद्वैत) non-dual; the notion that there is only one reality. Sanskrit measurement philosophy
inssa Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends Korean society
Kopfkino Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") German thinking visual
Ubuntu A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. Zulu beauty character awareness
Nostalgie de la boue A yearning for degradation, depravity, or other crude/base aspects of life, literally "a yearning for mud" French feeling
Mātauranga The comprehension, or understanding of the universe Nogay awareness thinking reflection
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Kombinować to conspire/try to resolve a problem with unusual methods or through connections Polish creative action
Volya (Воля) "Freedom" and "will", but also vast natural landscape Russian nature beauty
Hanyauku To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface Rukwangali physical action
Voorpret That feeling of excitement you get even before an event actually takes place. Literally translates to “pre-fun.” Dutch happiness feeling exciting
Geis Taboo, prohibition; injunction; something you do (or don’t do), upon which your life depends, or which defines your life. Irish change fate
Manna A sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success English change positive




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