Founders Edition · Lexicon of the Spirit · 152 entries

The Word Atlas

Roots, prefixes, suffixes, untranslatable words from other languages, and uncommon English emotion-words — with native script, phonetics, etymology, usage, and audio pronunciation. 152 shown.

Latin · Suffix
-cida
-cide
/saɪd/ · SYDE
Killing, killer of.
BUILDS · homicide, suicide, genocide
Greek · Suffix
-κρατία
-cracy
/krəsi/ · kruh-see
Rule, government, power.
BUILDS · democracy, aristocracy, bureaucracy
Greek · Suffix
ἐκτομή
-ectomy
/ˈɛktəmi/ · EK-tuh-mee
Surgical removal of.
BUILDS · appendectomy, tonsillectomy, mastectomy
Greek · Suffix
γενής
-genic / -gen
/ˈdʒɛnɪk/ · JEN-ik
Producing, produced by, giving rise to.
BUILDS · photogenic, carcinogenic, pathogen
Greek · Greek-Root
γράφω
-graph / graph-
/ɡræf/ · GRAF
To write, draw, or record.
BUILDS · graph, biography, photograph
Greek · Suffix
-γραφία
-graphy
/ɡrəfi/ · gruh-fee
Writing, recording, descriptive science of.
BUILDS · geography, biography, photography
Greek · Suffix
-ῖτις
-itis
/ˈaɪtɪs/ · EYE-tis
Inflammation of.
BUILDS · arthritis, bronchitis, appendicitis
Greek · Suffix
-λογία
-logy / -ology
/ləʤi/ · luh-jee
Study of, branch of knowledge concerning.
BUILDS · biology, psychology, geology
Greek · Suffix
-μαντεία
-mancy
/ˈmænsi/ · MAN-see
Divination by means of.
BUILDS · necromancy, pyromancy, cartomancy
Greek · Suffix
μέτρον
-meter
/ˈmiːtər/ · MEE-ter
A device for measuring; or a unit of measurement.
BUILDS · thermometer, barometer, speedometer
Greek · Suffix
μορφή
-morph
/mɔrf/ · MORF
Form, shape, structure.
BUILDS · morphology, amorphous, metamorphosis
Greek · Suffix
-νομία
-onomy / -nomy
/ənəmi/ · uh-nuh-mee
Law, system of rules, body of knowledge organized by laws.
BUILDS · astronomy, economy, autonomy
Greek · Suffix
φιλία
-phile / -philia
/faɪl/ · FYLE
Lover of, affinity for. Opposite of -phobia.
BUILDS · bibliophile, audiophile, Anglophile
Greek · Suffix
φόβος
-phobia
/ˈfoʊbiə/ · FOH-bee-uh
Fear of, aversion to.
BUILDS · claustrophobia, arachnophobia, xenophobia
Greek · Suffix
σκοπεῖν
-scope
/skoʊp/ · SKOHP
Instrument for seeing or observing.
BUILDS · microscope, telescope, stethoscope
Greek · Suffix
σοφία
-sophy
/səfi/ · suh-fee
Wisdom, knowledge.
BUILDS · philosophy, theosophy, anthroposophy
Greek · Prefix
ἀ-
a- / an-
/ə/, /æn/ · uh / an
Without, not, lacking. Negation.
BUILDS · atheist, amoral, anonymous
English (from Greek) · English-Emotion
acedia
/əˈsiːdiə/ · uh-SEE-dee-uh
A state of listless, weary apathy — the noonday demon of the desert monks: spiritual sloth and emotional flatness.
Japanese · Japonic
上げ劣り
age-otori
/aɡeotoɾi/ · AH-geh-oh-TOH-ree
Looking worse after a haircut.
Hawaiian · Polynesian
aloha
/əˈloʊhə/ · ah-LOH-hah
Love, breath, and presence — a greeting, a farewell, and a way of being toward others.
Greek · Prefix
ἀντί
anti-
/ˈænti/ · AN-tee
Against, opposite, opposed to.
BUILDS · antibody, antithesis, antisocial
Latin · Latin-Root
aqua
aqua-
/ˈækwə/ · AK-wuh
Water (Latin counterpart to Greek hydro-).
BUILDS · aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct
English (from Greek) · English-Emotion
ataraxia
/ætəˈræksiə/ · at-uh-RAK-see-uh
A serene calmness, untroubled by worry or distress — the goal of the Stoics, Epicureans, and Skeptics.
English (from Old French) · English-Emotion
aubade
/oʊˈbɑːd/ · oh-BAHD
A song or poem of dawn — especially one of lovers parting at daybreak. The melancholy of the morning after.
Latin · Latin-Root
audire
aud-
/ɔːd/ · AWD
To hear, to listen.
BUILDS · audio, audience, audible
Greek · Prefix
αὐτός
auto-
/ˈɔːtoʊ/ · AW-toh
Self, own, by oneself.
BUILDS · automatic, autonomy, autograph
Baining · Other
awumbuk
/aˈwumbuk/ · ah-WOOM-book
The flatness and emptiness felt for a few days after guests have departed.
German · Germanic
Backpfeifengesicht
/ˈbakp͡faɪ̯fənɡəˌzɪçt/ · BAHK-pfy-fen-guh-zikht
A face badly in need of a slap.
Arabic · Semitic
بَرَكَة
baraka
/baraka/ · BAH-rah-kah
A spiritual blessing or divine grace that flows through certain people, places, and objects.
Yiddish · Germanic
באַשערט
bashert
/baˈʃɛʁt/ · bah-SHERT
Destined — especially the predestined soulmate.
Greek · Greek-Root
βίος
bio-
/baɪoʊ/ · BYE-oh
Life. The principle of being alive — applied to anything that lives, grows, or self-sustains.
BUILDS · biology, biography, biosphere
Portuguese · Romance
cafuné
/kafuˈnɛ/ · kah-foo-NEH
The act of tenderly running fingers through someone's hair.
Greek · Greek-Root
χρόνος
chrono-
/krɒnoʊ/ · KRON-oh
Time — sequential, measurable duration.
BUILDS · chronology, chronic, synchronize
Yiddish · Semitic
חוצפה
chutzpah
/ˈχʊtspə/ · KHOOTS-puh
Audacious nerve — bordering on shamelessness, sometimes admirably so.
Latin · Prefix
circum
circum-
/ˈsɜrkəm/ · SUR-kum
Around, surrounding, on all sides.
BUILDS · circumference, circumstance, circumnavigate
Greek · Greek-Root
κόσμος
cosmo-
/kɒzmoʊ/ · KOZ-moh
World, universe, ordered whole — also 'order' or 'arrangement'.
BUILDS · cosmos, cosmology, cosmopolitan
Latin · Latin-Root
credere
cred-
/krɛd/ · KRED
To believe, to trust.
BUILDS · credit, credible, incredible
Welsh · Celtic
cynefin
/kəˈnɛvɪn/ · kuh-NEV-in
The place where you feel you belong — shaped by all the places, people, and history that formed you.
Chinese · Sino-Tibetan
道
dào
/tâʊ/ · DOW
The Way — the underlying pattern and flow of the universe; also, a path of practice.
French · Romance
dépaysement
/depɛizmɑ̃/ · day-pay-eez-MAHN
The disorientation of being out of one's own country — the strange exhilaration of foreignness.
Sanskrit · Indo-Aryan
धर्म
dharma
/ˈdʱɐɾmɐ/ · DHAR-mah
Cosmic law, right conduct, and one's particular duty in this life.
Latin · Latin-Root
dicere
dict-
/dɪkt/ · DIKT
To say, to speak.
BUILDS · dictate, predict, verdict
Italian · Romance
dolce far niente
/ˈdoltʃe far ˈnjɛnte/ · DOHL-cheh far NYEN-teh
The sweetness of doing nothing — pleasurable idleness as a virtue.
German · Germanic
Doppelgänger
/ˈdɔpl̩ˌɡɛŋɐ/ · DOH-pel-geng-er
A non-biological double of a living person; in folklore, an ill omen.
Spanish · Romance
duende
/ˈdwende/ · DWEN-deh
A heightened state of soul, emotion, and authenticity in art — especially in flamenco.
Greek · Prefix
δυσ-
dys-
/dɪs/ · DIS
Bad, ill, abnormal, difficult.
BUILDS · dysfunction, dystopia, dyslexia
English (from Greek) · English-Emotion
dysphoria
/dɪsˈfɔriə/ · dis-FOR-ee-uh
A pervasive state of unease, dissatisfaction, or wrongness — the opposite of euphoria.
English (neologism) · English-Emotion
enouement
/ɛˈnuːmɒ̃/ · en-OO-mahn
The bittersweet wish to travel back and tell your past self how things turn out.
Greek · Prefix
εὖ
eu-
/juː/ · YOO
Good, well, true, pleasing.
BUILDS · euphoria, eulogy, euthanasia
Greek · Hellenic
εὐδαιμονία
eudaimonia
/eu̯dai̯moˈnia/ · yoo-die-MOH-nee-ah
Human flourishing — the good life lived in accord with virtue and reason. Not happiness as feeling, but as doing.
English (from Greek) · English-Emotion
eudaimonia
/juːdaɪˈmoʊniə/ · yoo-dye-MOH-nee-uh
Human flourishing — the deep satisfaction of a life lived in accordance with one's virtues and purpose.
Latin · Latin-Root
facere
fact- / fec-
/fækt/ · FAKT
To make, to do.
BUILDS · factory, manufacture, perfect
German · Germanic
Fernweh
/ˈfɛʁnveː/ · FAIRN-vay
Far-sickness — an ache to be somewhere distant. The opposite of homesickness.
Swedish · Germanic
fika
/ˈfiːka/ · FEE-kah
A coffee-and-pastry break taken seriously — a daily ritual of pause and company.
French · Romance
flâneur
/flɑnœʁ/ · flah-NUR
A leisurely stroller who wanders the city as observer — connoisseur of the street.
German · Germanic
Fremdschämen
/ˈfʁɛmtˌʃɛːmən/ · FREMT-shay-men
Vicarious embarrassment — the cringe you feel for someone oblivious to their own humiliation.
English (from French) · English-Emotion
frisson
/ˈfriːsɒn/ · FREE-sohn
A sudden brief shiver of emotional excitement — the chill that runs down the spine at beauty, fear, or recognition.
German · Germanic
Gemütlichkeit
/ɡəˈmyːtlɪçkaɪ̯t/ · guh-MYOOT-likh-kyte
A state of warmth, friendliness, and belonging — a place or moment that feels deeply at-ease.
Tagalog · Other
gigil
/ˈɡiɡil/ · GHEE-ghil
The overwhelming urge to squeeze something unbearably cute.
Swedish · Germanic
gökotta
/ˈjøːkɔta/ · YUH-kot-tah
Rising at dawn to go outside and listen to the first birdsong.
Chinese · Sino-Tibetan
關係
guānxi
/kwán ɕí/ · GWAN-shee
The web of personal relationships and reciprocal obligations that grease all dealings in Chinese society.
Welsh · Celtic
hiraeth
/ˈhɪraɨ̯θ/ · HEER-ithe
A homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that maybe never was.
Hawaiian · Polynesian
hoʻoponopono
/hoʔoponoˈpono/ · hoh-oh-poh-noh-POH-noh
A practice of reconciliation and forgiveness — to make right what is wrong.
Navajo (Diné) · Indigenous-Americas
hózhó
/hóːʒóː/ · HOH-zhoh
Beauty, balance, harmony, and right relationship with all things.
Greek · Greek-Root
ὕδωρ
hydro-
/haɪdroʊ/ · HY-droh
Water.
BUILDS · hydrate, hydraulic, dehydrate
Danish · Germanic
hygge
/ˈhyɡə/ · HOO-guh
A feeling of cozy contentment and well-being from enjoying simple things in good company.
Greek · Prefix
ὑπέρ
hyper-
/ˈhaɪpər/ · HY-per
Over, above, excessive, beyond.
BUILDS · hyperactive, hypertension, hyperbole
Greek · Prefix
ὑπό
hypo-
/ˈhaɪpoʊ/ · HY-poh
Under, below, deficient, less than normal.
BUILDS · hypothermia, hypothesis, hypodermic
Japanese · Japonic
生き甲斐
ikigai
/ikiɡai/ · ee-kee-GUY
A reason for being — what gets you out of bed in the morning.
Inuktitut · Indigenous-Americas
iktsuarpok
/iktsuˈarpok/ · ik-TSOO-ar-pok
The restless anticipation of a guest — going outside repeatedly to check if they've arrived.
Arabic · Semitic
إِنْ شَاءَ ٱللَّٰهُ
inshāʾAllāh
/in ʃaːʔ al.laːh/ · in-SHAH-al-lah
If God wills it — appended to any statement about the future.
Latin · Prefix
inter
inter-
/ˈɪntər/ · IN-ter
Between, among, mutually.
BUILDS · international, interact, interrupt
Japanese · Japonic
居留守
irusu
/iɾɯsɯ/ · ee-ROO-soo
Pretending not to be home when someone knocks.
Indonesian · Other
jayus
/ˈdʒajus/ · JAH-yoos
A joke so unfunny and badly told you can't help but laugh.
Hindi · Indo-Aryan
जुगाड़
jugaad
/d͡ʒʊɡaːɽ/ · joo-GAARD
An inventive, frugal workaround — making do with what you have, brilliantly.
Greek · Hellenic
καιρός
kairós
/kaiˈros/ · kye-ROHS
The right, opportune moment — qualitative time, as opposed to chronos, quantitative time.
Sanskrit · Indo-Aryan
कर्म
karma
/ˈkɐɾmɐ/ · KAR-mah
Action and its consequences — the moral causality woven through lives.
Greek · Hellenic
κέφι
kéfi
/ˈcefi/ · KEH-fee
The spirit of joy, passion, and high spirits — what makes you break plates and dance.
Japanese · Japonic
金継ぎ
kintsugi
/kintsɯɡi/ · keen-TSOO-gee
Repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer — treating breakage as part of the object's history, not its end.
Japanese · Japonic
恋の予感
koi no yokan
/koi no jokan/ · KOY noh yoh-KAHN
The premonition, on first meeting, that you will inevitably fall in love with someone — not yet love, but its certainty.
Japanese · Japonic
木漏れ日
komorebi
/komoɾebi/ · koh-moh-REH-bee
Sunlight filtering through leaves.
German · Germanic
Kummerspeck
/ˈkʊmɐʃpɛk/ · KOO-mer-shpek
Grief-bacon — weight gained from emotional overeating.
French · Romance
l'esprit d'escalier
/lɛspʁi dɛskalje/ · less-PREE des-kal-YAY
Staircase wit — thinking of the perfect reply only after the moment has passed.
Swedish · Germanic
lagom
/ˈlɑːɡɔm/ · LAH-gom
Just the right amount — not too much, not too little.
English (from Latin) · English-Emotion
liminal
/ˈlɪmɪnəl/ · LIM-in-uhl
The unsettled feeling of being in a threshold or in-between space — neither here nor there.
Greek · Greek-Root
λόγος
log- / -logy
/ˈlɒɡoʊs/ · LOH-goss
Word, reason, account, study, the underlying principle of a thing.
BUILDS · logic, biology, dialogue
Latin · Latin-Root
lux / lumen
luc- / lum-
/luːk/ · LOOK
Light, brightness, illumination.
BUILDS · lucid, translucent, illuminate
Japanese · Japonic
間
ma
/ma/ · MAH
Negative space — the meaningful pause, gap, or interval between things.
Arabic · Semitic
مَكْتُوب
maktūb
/makˈtuːb/ · mak-TOOB
It is written — fate has decided.
Yaghan · Indigenous-Americas
mamihlapinatapai
/mamiɬapinatapai/ · mah-mee-lah-pee-nah-tah-PYE
A look between two people, each wishing the other would do something they both want, but neither will start.
Polynesian · Polynesian
mana
/ˈmana/ · MAH-nah
Spiritual power and authority that resides in people, objects, and places.
Yiddish · Germanic
מענטש
mensch
/mɛntʃ/ · MENTSH
A person of integrity and honor — someone you can count on.
Greek · Hellenic
μεράκι
meraki
/meˈraci/ · meh-RAH-kee
The soul, creativity, and love you put into something — leaving a piece of yourself in the work.
Greek · Prefix
μετά
meta-
/ˈmɛtə/ · MET-uh
Beyond, after, with — and 'about itself' (self-referential).
BUILDS · metaphor, metaphysics, metabolism
Lakota · Indigenous-Americas
mitákuye oyásʼiŋ
/miˈtakuje oˈjasʔiŋ/ · mee-TAH-koo-yeh oh-YAH-seen
All my relations — all beings, human and otherwise, are kin.
Japanese · Japonic
物の哀れ
mono no aware
/mono no aware/ · MOH-noh noh ah-WAH-reh
The bittersweet awareness of the impermanence of all things, and the tender sadness at their passing.
Greek · Prefix
μόνος
mono-
/ˈmɒnoʊ/ · MON-oh
One, single, alone.
BUILDS · monologue, monopoly, monotone
Galician · Romance
morriña
/moˈriɲa/ · moh-REEN-yah
Homesickness for Galicia — a deep nostalgia for a specific landscape and people.
Latin · Latin-Root
mors / mortis
mort-
/mɔrt/ · MORT
Death, mortal.
BUILDS · mortal, immortal, mortgage
Japanese · Japonic
勿体無い
mottainai
/mottainai/ · moht-tie-NYE
A pang of regret at waste — the sense that something has not been used to its full potential.
English (from Pali/Sanskrit) · English-Emotion
mudita
/muˈdiːtɑː/ · moo-DEE-tah
Sympathetic joy — taking genuine, unselfish delight in the happiness and good fortune of others.
Yiddish · Semitic
נחת
naches
/ˈnɑxəs/ · NAKH-es
Pride and joy in the accomplishments of one's children or loved ones.
Latin · Latin-Root
nasci / natus
nat-
/næt/ · NAT
Born, birth, origin.
BUILDS · native, nature, nation
English (neologism) · English-Emotion
opia
/ˈoʊpiə/ · OH-pee-uh
The ambiguous intensity of looking someone directly in the eye — vulnerable and invasive at once.
Greek · Prefix
παρά
para-
/ˈpærə/ · PAR-uh
Beside, alongside, beyond — also 'altered' or 'against'.
BUILDS · parallel, paradox, paranormal
Greek · Greek-Root
πάθος
path- / -pathy
/pæθ/ · PATH
Feeling, suffering, experience — also disease.
BUILDS · empathy, sympathy, apathy
Greek · Hellenic
φιλότιμο
philótimo
/filoˈtimo/ · fee-LOH-tee-moh
Love of honor — a profound sense of duty, generosity, and right action toward others.
Greek · Greek-Root
φῶς
photo-
/foʊtoʊ/ · FOH-toh
Light.
BUILDS · photograph, photon, photosynthesis
Greek · Prefix
πολύς
poly-
/ˈpɒli/ · POL-ee
Many, much, multiple.
BUILDS · polygon, polyglot, polymer
Latin · Latin-Root
portare
port-
/pɔrt/ · PORT
To carry, bear, bring.
BUILDS · transport, import, export
Greek · Greek-Root
ψυχή
psych-
/saɪk/ · SYKE
Soul, mind, spirit. Originally 'breath' — the animating principle.
BUILDS · psyche, psychology, psychic
Chinese · Sino-Tibetan
氣
qi
/tɕʰi˥˩/ · CHEE
Vital energy or life-force animating all things.
English (from Spanish) · English-Emotion
querencia
/kɛˈrɛnsiə/ · ker-EN-see-uh
A place from which one's strength is drawn — a deeply familiar refuge where you feel most at home.
Chinese · Sino-Tibetan
仁
rén
/ʐən˧˥/ · REN
Humaneness — the virtue of treating others as fully other selves. The supreme Confucian virtue.
French · Romance
retrouvailles
/ʁətʁuvaj/ · ruh-troo-VYE
The joy of meeting again after a long separation.
Japanese · Japonic
悟り
satori
/satoɾi/ · sah-TOH-ree
Sudden enlightenment — a flash of awakening, not gradual understanding.
Portuguese · Romance
saudade
/sɐwˈdadɨ/ · sow-DAH-juh
A deep, melancholic longing for something or someone absent — a love that remains after the object is gone.
German · Germanic
Schadenfreude
/ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də/ · SHAH-den-froy-duh
Pleasure derived from another's misfortune.
Latin · Latin-Root
scribere
scrib- / script-
/skrɪb/ · SKRIB
To write.
BUILDS · script, describe, manuscript
German · Germanic
Sehnsucht
/ˈzeːnˌzʊxt/ · ZAYN-zookht
Intense longing for an unknown, unattainable, or far-off thing — homesickness for somewhere you've never been.
Latin · Latin-Root
sentire
sens- / sent-
/sɛns/ · SENS
To feel, perceive, sense.
BUILDS · sense, sentiment, consent
Japanese · Japonic
しょうがない
shōganai
/ɕoːɡanai/ · show-gah-NYE
It cannot be helped — acceptance of what is beyond your control.
Finnish · Uralic
sisu
/ˈsisu/ · SEE-soo
Stoic determination, grit, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds — acting after hope is gone.
Spanish · Romance
sobremesa
/soβɾeˈmesa/ · soh-breh-MEH-sah
The lingering conversation at the table after a meal has ended.
English (neologism) · English-Emotion
sonder
/ˈsɒndər/ · SON-der
The realization that every passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own — full of inherited stories, ambitions, and quiet pain.
Latin · Latin-Root
specere
spec- / spect-
/spɛk/ · SPEK
To see, look, observe.
BUILDS · inspect, spectator, perspective
Italian · Romance
sprezzatura
/sprettsaˈtuːra/ · sprets-sah-TOO-rah
Studied carelessness — the art of making the difficult look effortless.
Latin · Prefix
sub
sub-
/sʌb/ · SUB
Under, below, less than, secondary.
BUILDS · submarine, submit, subterranean
English (from Arabic) · English-Emotion
طرب
tarab
/ˈtɑːrəb/ · TAH-rab
The ecstatic emotional transport induced by music — a state of musical enchantment that dissolves time.
Arabic · Semitic
طَرَب
ṭarab
/tˤɑrɑb/ · TAH-rahb
The ecstatic state induced by music — when listener and musician are dissolved into the song.
Scots · Germanic
tartle
/ˈtɑːɾtəl/ · TAR-tul
The hesitation when introducing someone whose name you've forgotten.
Arabic · Semitic
تَعَارُض
taʿarruḍ
/taʕaːrrudˤiːn/ · tah-AR-rah-deen
An outcome where everyone wins — a resolution without losers, distinct from compromise.
Greek · Greek-Root
τῆλε
tele-
/tɛli/ · TEL-ee
Far, distant, at a distance.
BUILDS · telephone, telescope, television
Latin · Latin-Root
terra
terra-
/ˈtɛrə/ · TER-uh
Earth, land, ground.
BUILDS · territory, terrain, terrestrial
Pascuense (Rapa Nui) · Polynesian
tingo
/ˈtiŋɡo/ · TEEN-go
To gradually borrow objects from a neighbor's house until none are left.
German · Germanic
Torschlusspanik
/ˈtoːɐ̯ʃlʊsˌpaːnɪk/ · TOR-shloos-PAH-nik
Gate-closing panic — the fear that time is running out to act on life's important decisions.
English (from Russian) · English-Emotion
тоска
toska
/ˈtɒskə/ · TOSS-kuh
A spiritual anguish without specific cause — a great longing for something or someone, an ache of the soul.
Latin · Prefix
trans
trans-
/trænz/ · TRANZ
Across, beyond, through, on the other side.
BUILDS · transport, translate, transparent
German · Germanic
Treppenwitz
/ˈtʁɛpn̩vɪts/ · TREP-en-vits
Staircase-wit — the perfect retort that arrives only after you've left the room.
Japanese · Japonic
積ん読
tsundoku
/tsɯndokɯ/ · tsoon-DOH-koo
The habit of acquiring books and letting them pile up unread.
Zulu / Xhosa · Bantu
ubuntu
/ùɓúntʼù/ · oo-BOON-too
I am because we are — humanness through relationship with others.
English (neologism) · English-Emotion
vellichor
/ˈvɛlɪkɔr/ · VEL-i-kor
The strange wistfulness of used bookshops — being surrounded by countless lives you'll never read.
Latin · Latin-Root
venire
ven- / vent-
/vɛn/ · VEN
To come, to arrive.
BUILDS · adventure, convene, intervene
Sanskrit · Indo-Aryan
विरह
viraha
/ʋiɾɐɦɐ/ · VEE-ruh-huh
The longing of separation — especially of lovers; in devotional poetry, the soul's longing for the divine.
Latin · Latin-Root
vita / vivere
vit- / viv-
/vaɪt/ · VYTE
Life; to live.
BUILDS · vital, vitamin, vivid
Japanese · Japonic
侘寂
wabi-sabi
/wabi sabi/ · WAH-bee SAH-bee
Beauty found in imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.
German · Germanic
Weltschmerz
/ˈvɛltʃmɛʁts/ · VELT-shmerts
World-pain — the sorrow felt at the gap between the world as it is and the world as it could be.
Chinese · Sino-Tibetan
無爲
wú wéi
/wǔ wéi/ · woo WAY
Effortless action — acting in accord with the natural grain of things, not against it.
Arabic · Semitic
يَقْبُرني
ya'aburnee
/jaqburniː/ · yah-AB-ur-nee
'You bury me' — the wish to die before a loved one because life without them would be unbearable.
Chinese · Sino-Tibetan
緣分
yuán fèn
/ɥɛ̌n fən̂/ · ywen FEN
The binding force of fate that brings two people together — a karmic affinity.
Japanese · Japonic
残心
zanshin
/zaɲɕin/ · ZAHN-sheen
Relaxed, total awareness — the alert mind that remains after the action is complete.
German · Germanic
Zeitgeist
/ˈtsaɪ̯tɡaɪ̯st/ · TSYTE-gyste
The defining spirit, mood, or intellectual climate of an era.