Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lítost | Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. | Czech | adverse awareness fate | |
| Vergangenheitsbewältigung | Coping with the past | German | reflection growth | |
| Papakata | To have one leg shorter than the other | Māori | physical | |
| Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
| 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 | |
| Gambiarra | A very poor or ugly but effective solution for a problem; to use improvised methods / solutions to solve a problem, with any avaiable material | Portuguese | creative | |
| Janteloven | Jante’s law; a set of social codes or norms that emphasize the importance of collective success rather than individual | Norwegian | society positive interaction | |
| Kummerspeck | Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") | German | food adverse habits | |
| Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
| Avspasere | To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). | Norwegian | society time | |
| Ilunga | The capacity to forgive once, tolerate a second time, but never a third time. Conveys the progression toward intolerance. | Tshiluba | growth emotion reflection | |
| Konfliktfähigkeit | the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. | German | growth | |
| Gezelligheid | Coziness, fun, the general togetherness that gives people a warm feeling. | Dutch | friends society positive | |
| Feierabend | End of the work day | German | event | |
| Bildung | education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. | German | cultural | |
| Nadryv | When a person releases intimate, deeply hidden feelings, sometimes that do not truly exist; imaginary, excessively exaggerated and distorted feelings | Russian | emotion extreme | |
| Gemba | The real place'; in business it refers to the real place where value is created, such as the factory floor. Instead of depending on hierarchy, the people who are closest to what's happening make decisions. Ie: the more hands-on knowledge a decision-maker has, the better their decision will be. | Japanese | work cultural | |
| Nuchshlepper | Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on | Yiddish | awareness adverse persistence | |
| Titip | To temporarily entrust something to a person | Indonesian | trust | |
| La douleur exquise | The pain that comes from wanting someone you can’t have | French | feeling awareness love | |
| Fika | Drinking coffee along with eating something sweet | Swedish | food society | |
| Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
| Oodal | Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel | Tamil | love event feeling | |
| Umij se | Splash water on your face | Serbian | physical action | |
| Dor | The heartbreak and sense of longing you feel because you’re separated from your love | Romanian | love adverse | |
| Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
| Exulansis | The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it. | English | emotion thinking | |
| Nintendo | “Leave luck to heaven” or to leave one's fortune in the hands of fate | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
| Bon vivant | Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. | French | positive happiness | |
| Subhiya | Morning coffee, gossip and chat with neighbors after housewives have sent their children to school | Arabic | community connection |
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