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hiraeth
HEER-eyeth noun, Welsh
A homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that never was.
Welsh, from hir, long.
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ikigai
ee-kee-GUY noun, Japanese
A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning.
Japanese: iki, life, and kai, worth.
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ko-mo-REH-bee noun, Japanese
Sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees.
Japanese: tree, escaping, and sunlight.
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wabi-sabi
WAH-bee SAH-bee noun, Japanese
Finding beauty in things that are imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.
Japanese: wabi, quiet simplicity, and sabi, the beauty of age.
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petrichor
PET-ri-kor noun
The pleasant, earthy smell that comes with the first rain after a dry spell.
Coined in 1964 from Greek petra, stone, and ichor, the fluid in the veins of the gods.
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fika
FEE-ka noun and verb, Swedish
A break for coffee and something sweet, taken with others.
Swedish, from an old reversal of kaffi, coffee.
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ikigai
ee-kee-GUY noun, Japanese
A reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the morning.
Japanese: iki, life, and kai, worth.
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petrichor
PET-ri-kor noun
The pleasant, earthy smell that comes with the first rain after a dry spell.
Coined in 1964 from Greek petra, stone, and ichor, the fluid in the veins of the gods.
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petrichor
PET-ri-kor noun
The pleasant, earthy smell that comes with the first rain after a dry spell.
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ephemeral
i-FEM-er-al adjective
1.Lasting a very short time.
2.Of plants and insects: living for a day or a season.
From Greek ephēmeros, lasting only a day.
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sprezzatura
spret-sa-TOO-ra noun, Italian
Making something difficult look effortless.
Italian, coined by Baldassare Castiglione in The Book of the Courtier, 1528.
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selcouth
SEL-kooth adjective
Unfamiliar and rare, yet marvellous.
From Old English seldcūth, seldom known.
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