Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
| Boketto | The act of gazing vacantly into the distance. | Japanese | thinking | |
| Yokomeshi | Literal: "meal eaten sideways"; the stress caused by speaking a foreign language | Japanese | stress feeling awareness | |
| Koi No Yokan | The feeling upon meeting someone that falling in love with them is inevitable. | Japanese | love | |
| Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
| Tsuji-giri | To try out a new sword on a passer-by | Japanese | action violence | |
| Wasuremono | Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. | Japanese | adverse habits | |
| Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
| Shouganai | It cannot be helped. | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
| Fuubutsushi | The things – feelings, scents, images – that evoke memories or anticipation for a particular season. | Japanese | time | |
| Zanshin (残心) | Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). | Japanese | awareness | |
| Seijaku (静寂) | Quiet (sei) tranquillity (jaku); silence, calm, serenity (especially in the midst of activity or chaos). | Japanese | awareness beauty | |
| Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
| 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 | |
| Bimyou | Not bad, or "meh" | Japanese | attribute | |
| Hatsuyume | The first dream one has in the new year; thought to be an omen | Japanese | feeling | |
| Nintendo | “Leave luck to heaven” or to leave one's fortune in the hands of fate | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
| Hikikomori | When a young person who is obsessed with TV, video games, and the internet, withdraws from society | Japanese | habits society | |
| Umami | A category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter); savoriness | Japanese | food attribute | |
| Chindogu | A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag | Japanese | creative funny | |
| Kuidare | To eat yourself into backruptcy | Japanese | food funny | |
| Kenshō (見性) | Seeing (ken) one’s nature or essence (shō); perceiving one’s Buddha nature; sometimes interpreted as an initial or brief awakening. | Japanese | awareness growth | |
| Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
| On-nomi | The practice of getting together with friends on the internet and having a drink together | Japanese | friends | |
| Zuihitsu (随筆) | Literally, “running brush”. A genre of Japanese literature; authors write what’s top of mind and follow their random thoughts. The genre is more personal than performative and gives the reader an intimate look at the inner workings of the writer’s mind. | Japanese | writing creative |
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