Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umami | A category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter); savoriness | Japanese | food attribute | |
| Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) | bathing' in the forest (literally and/or metaphorically). | Japanese | nature event | |
| Tatemae & Honne | The contrast between a person's feelings and desires (honne) versus the behavior and opinions one displays in public (tatemae) | Japanese | feeling reflection character | |
| Shibui | Old school cool | Japanese | attribute | |
| Koi No Yokan | The feeling upon meeting someone that falling in love with them is inevitable. | Japanese | love | |
| Boketto (ぼけっと) | gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). | Japanese | ||
| Kusukusu | The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women | Japanese | sound friends funny | |
| Age-otori | The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut | Japanese | adverse event feeling | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Sokaiya | A man with a few shares in several companies who extorts money by threatening to come to the shareholders' meetings and cause trouble | Japanese | adverse | |
| Nintendo | “Leave luck to heaven” or to leave one's fortune in the hands of fate | Japanese | philosophy fate | |
| Wasuremono | Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. | Japanese | adverse habits | |
| Hikikomori | When a young person who is obsessed with TV, video games, and the internet, withdraws from society | Japanese | habits society | |
| Kokoro | A unity of mind and heart. | Japanese | awareness feeling | |
| Hikikomori | Reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement | Japanese | society | |
| Tsuji-giri | To try out a new sword on a passer-by | Japanese | action violence | |
| On-nomi | The practice of getting together with friends on the internet and having a drink together | Japanese | friends | |
| Jibaku | The act of unintentionally or inadvertently demolishing your own argument in the process of defending your view | Japanese | confusion interaction | |
| Kyoiku mama | A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement | Japanese | family work growth | |
| Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
| Hatsuyume | The first dream one has in the new year; thought to be an omen | Japanese | feeling | |
| Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
| Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
| Yoroshiku onegai shimasu | Favorably, please. | Japanese | positive |
PS: You might notice above that I launched 12 scholarships in 12 months last year, raising $13450. You can follow the instructions in this guide, if you'd like to create a scholarship of your own.