Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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답답하다 Dabdabhae | Literally means stuffy; the feeling of needing to get something off your chest. Or when you want to say something but can't, or an awkward situation where people aren't saying what they mean. | Korean | social feeling | |
Kuidare | To eat yourself into backruptcy | Japanese | food funny | |
Cierrabares | "Bar-closer". A person who usually leave the party on last place. | Spanish | friends social | |
Lagom | Not too much and not too little | Swedish | measurement | |
Guān xì (關係) | Cultivating relationships; reciprocal connections; networking; social karma. | Chinese | society friends | |
Flâner | verb. to purposely wander, to decide to explore with no final destination. | French | explore travel | |
Faamiti | The sound made by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child | Samoan | sound | |
Jia You (加油) | Literally translated to mean "add oil", Jia You means something along the lines of "give'er hell", used in the same way "good luck" is often applied in English | Chinese | strength interaction | |
Nehrotit to | Literal: “Not to make X into a sharp point"; a choice not to stress about something | Czech | stress happiness | |
Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
Rubatosis | The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat | English | physical health awareness | |
Ohrwurm | A melody or song that gets stuck in your head ("ear worm") | German | life music | |
Fingerspitzengefühl | Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse | German | feeling | |
Anánkē (Ανάγκη) | destiny, fate, necessity. | Greek | awareness | |
Jugaad (जुगाड) | the ability to 'make do' or 'get by'. | Hindi | life | |
Viraag | The emotional pain felt from being away from the person you love | Hindi | emotion love connection | |
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 | |
Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
Iktsuarpok | The feeling of anticipation that leads you to keep looking outside to see if anyone is coming. | Inuktitut | awareness persistence feeling | |
Schnapsidee | An idea you have when you're drunk and will probably not considered anymore once you're sober | German | thinking change | |
Kyoiku mama | A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement | Japanese | family work growth | |
Kenjataimu | "wise man's time": The post-orgasmic period when a man's thoughts are no longer impaired by his sexual drive; he is thus likened to a "sage" of clear mind | Japanese | awareness | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love time strength | |
Shuhari | A Japanese martial art concept which describes the stages of learning to mastery. Roughly is translated to "to keep, to fall, to break away". To first learn the fundamentals (shu), then to break away from traditions (ha), then finally to transcend to where there are no techniques (ri). To "beomce one with the spirit alone". | Japanese | growth | |
Istories me arkoudes | Literal: 'stories with bears'; stories that are so crazy, they can't be true | Greek | extreme funny | |
Dépaysement | The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to | French | feeling awareness change | |
Athazagoraphobia | The fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced | English | reflection thinking | |
Surströmmingspremier | The first day of the year where it acceptable eat rotten herring. | Swedish | food event | |
Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
Xíng qì (行氣) | Volitionally (e.g., mentally) circulating or directing qi. | Chinese | growth awareness strength |
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