Eunoia
| Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lha’i rnal ‘byor (ལྷའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར) | Deity meditation/yoga; an advanced practice in which one visualises interacting with, or ‘accomplishing’ (i.e., being), a deity. | Tibetan | awareness physical | |
| Vellichor | The strange wistfulness of used bookshops | English | feeling | |
| Wei-wu-wei | "Action without action" or effortless doing; conscious non-action; the deliberate and principled decision to do nothing for a reason. | Chinese | action life | |
| Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) | peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. | Hebrew | positive | |
| Chingada | An imaginary, horrible place where you send all those who annoy you | Spanish | funny adverse character | |
| Beschaulich | Quiet, pensive; living a simple life; pleasantly contemplative, unhurried in a fashion that inspires mental well-being. | German | positive | |
| Rocambolesco | Stunning action that requires extreme audacity; literally means "there's no need" as in "there's no need to thank you" | Italian | extreme surprise | |
| Estrenar | The experience of wearing something for the first time | Spanish | life | |
| Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
| Dépaysement | The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to | French | feeling awareness change | |
| Nadryv (Надрыв) | Literally means "to tear or break", but can also mean the inner tension of someone who is about to break | Russian | stress emotion | |
| 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 | |
| Nepenthe | Something that helps you forget grief or suffering | Greek | growth strength | |
| Mono no aware | The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. | Japanese | beauty | |
| Hoʻoponopono | Mutual forgiveness. | Hawaiian | connection character emotion | |
| Meraki | Describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you're doing, whatever it may be. | Greek | emotion strength | |
| Chaval al hazman (חבל אל הזמן) | Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end | Hebrew | beauty happiness time | |
| Gongoozler | A person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the United Kingdom. The term is also used more generally to describe those who harbour an interest in canals and canal life, but do not actively participate. | English | action nature | |
| Nostalgie de la boue | A yearning for degradation, depravity, or other crude/base aspects of life, literally "a yearning for mud" | French | feeling | |
| Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
| Gemütlichkeit | An atmosphere of belonging, relaxation, chilled music, great food and drink | German | music food life | |
| Gluggaveður | "Window Weather" i.e. weather that is nice to look at through a window but not nice to be out in | Icelandic | weather visual | |
| Wú (無) | Negative, void, nothingness, non-being; can imply 'neither yes nor no'. | Chinese | adverse | |
| Qiang jingtou | The fight by a cameraman to get a better vantage point | Chinese | creative art visual | |
| tuḷir (துளிர்) | Technically "a baby leaf", but it specifcally means a freshness tenderness, delicateness | Tamil | attribute beauty | |
| Metanoia | The journey of changing ones mind, heart, self, or way of life | English | growth change | |
| Riposo | Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. | Italian | event society | |
| Víðsýni | A panoramic view; open-mindedness. | Icelandic | visual | |
| L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) | Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama | Yiddish | extreme interaction | |
| Goso | When you smell sesame oil - that nutty, flavorful, aromatic - mostly used to describe smells of sesame and/or bean paste | Korean | sensory food |
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