Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rückkehrunruhe | The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. | German | awareness time | |
| Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
| Schlimazel | A chronically unlucky person | Yiddish | attribute adverse | |
| Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
| Cúbóg | A collection of Easter eggs | Irish | physical | |
| Niksen | Sitting down and do nothing at all, thinking of nothing at all | Dutch | feeling awareness | |
| Tsundoku | Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them | Japanese | adverse | |
| Mysa | Can mean "cosying up" or "to snuggle", but in braoder sense, it means to "have a nice and relaxed time" | Swedish | happiness time | |
| Hanyauku | To walk on tiptoes across a hot surface | Rukwangali | physical action | |
| Vozdukh (Воздух) | "Air" but also "the stack of spirit". To breathe in is to "take the spirit inside". | Russian | beauty physical | |
| Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) | bathing' in the forest (literally and/or metaphorically). | Japanese | nature event | |
| Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
| Goso | When you smell sesame oil - that nutty, flavorful, aromatic - mostly used to describe smells of sesame and/or bean paste | Korean | sensory food | |
| Frischluftfanatiker | literal translation: fresh air fanatic; referring to a person who tends to keep the windows open to get fresh air, even in winter or someone who always tries to be outside in the open air | German | nature | |
| Weemoed | Lit. sadness, woe (wee) courage, daring, mood (moed); soft mood; light melancholy; having the strength to overcome a feeling of sorrow (e.g., arising in relation to nostalgia). | Dutch | adverse growth | |
| Mana | The prestige, power, dominance of something or someone | Māori | attribute | |
| Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
| Kintsukuroi | To repair with gold. Understanding that a piece is more beautiful for having broken. | Japanese | beauty change | |
| Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
| Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
| Qì zhì (氣质) | Quality of character, disposition, style, charm, attractiveness, magnetism. | Chinese | attribute positive | |
| Age-otori | The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut | Japanese | adverse event feeling | |
| Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) | peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. | Hebrew | positive | |
| Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
| Ehvenişer | When choosing between bad things, the lesser of two evils. | Turkish | philosophy | |
| Rashk-e-Qamar | Someone who is so beautiful, the moon is jealous of their beauty | Urdu | beauty | |
| Jouissance | "an excess of life", often translated as joy but also can be understood as catharsis | French | attribute | |
| Wasuremono | Forgotten or lost things; an item left behind on a train or forgotten at home. | Japanese | adverse habits | |
| Mencolek | The trick when you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them | Indonesian | funny friends action | |
| Commuovere | "Heartwarming,” but specifically refers to a story that moved you to tears | Italian | beauty interaction emotion |
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