- arabic
- ya'aburnee: an idiom/expression of love meaning "may it (you) bury me".
- chinese
- yuánfèn: a relationship being governed by an element of fate, but not necessarily destiny.
- english
- alexithymia: a personality trait that results in someone struggling to understand, process, or describe emotions.
- rasceta: the creases on the inside of one's wrist.
- synchronicity: the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, yet are experienced as occurring together in a meaningful manner.
- french
- l'esprit de escalier: the feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. literal translation is the spirit of the staircase.
- la douleur exquise: the heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can't have.
- german
- weltschmerz: the psychological pain caused by sadness that can occur when realizing that someone's own weaknesses are caused by the inappropriateness and cruelty of the world and (physical and social) circumstances.
- greek
- nepenthe: a substance to take away pain; a "drug of forgetfulness" mentioned in ancient greek literature mythology.
- portuguese
- saudade: a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for an absent something, someplace or someone that one loves, also described as "the love that remains" after the object of love is gone. the absence is not necessarily permanent, but can be just a few weeks away from a loved one or a city you love.
- spanish
- duende: in music and the arts, the spirit of evocation. "it comes from inside as a physical/emotional response to music. it is what gives you chills, makes you smile or cry as a bodily reaction to an artistic performance that is particularly expressive."
- yagán
- mamihlapinatapai: translates to a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer themselves.
- others
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