Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Gattara A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats Italian life society
Rire dans sa barbe To laugh in your beard quietly while thinking about something that has happened French funny reflection action
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
Riposo Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. Italian event society
Baadastoor Unaltered, or unchanged, for something that is habitual Urdu change habits
Bababa ba? Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) Tagalog action
Tima Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it Icelandic thinking action
Capoclaque Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. Italian society attribute
Zanshin (残心) Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). Japanese awareness
Kucir A tuft of hair left to grow on top of an otherwise bald head Indonesian physical change
Razbliuto The feeling for someone you used to love but no longer do Russian love change awareness
Ukiyo The floating world - living in the moment, detached from the bothers of life Japanese creative visual art
Yokomeshi Literal: "meal eaten sideways"; the stress caused by speaking a foreign language Japanese stress feeling awareness
Mana The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone Māori attribute
Rashk-e-Qamar Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty Urdu beauty
Majime (真面目) Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. Japanese society attribute
Dépayser Disorientation; not necessarily unpleasant (e.g., a pleasant sense of strangeness from being in a foreign country). French change feeling
Mitonner Cooking with passion French food love beauty
Weltschmerz Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") German adverse society
Stushevatsya To fade into the background Russian action
Lepos Charm, grace, wit, elegance, allure. Latin positive attribute
Dørstokkmila The longest mile between your cozy couch in your fireplace-candlelight-cabin-hygge and the door threshold. It would be "door-threshold-mile", loosely translated Norwegian nature
Wabi-sabi Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. Japanese beauty awareness
Rehepaplus A kind of entrepreneurialism that mustn't always have the moral high ground. Clever, sometimes at the expense of others and their stupidity. The word can be used as both a positive (quick thinker) as a negative (scammer). Estonian character attribute
Viraag The emotional pain felt from being away from the person you love Hindi emotion love connection
Pålägg Anything that you can put in a sandwich Swedish food attribute
Dugnad Communal work in a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task (ex: a knitting bee) Norwegian work society connection
Schlemiel An inept, clumsy person Yiddish attribute funny
Tsuji-giri To try out a new sword on a passer-by Japanese action violence
Onism The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits just one place at a time. English awareness reflection thinking




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