Untranslatables

Kilig

Language: Tagalog

Meaning: The fluttery excitement of romantic attraction.

A single text from him gave her that unmistakable kilig feeling.

Language: Japanese

Meaning: Buying books and not reading them.

His tsundoku habit filled every shelf in the house.

Language: German

Meaning: The perfect retort that comes too late.

His treppenwitz arrived just as the elevator doors closed.

Language: Swedish

Meaning: The road-like reflection of the moon on water.

We sat in silence, mesmerized by the mångata stretching across the lake.

Language: Japanese

Meaning: Forest bathing; spending time in nature to relax.

After a hard week, they went shinrin-yoku hiking to reset their minds.

Language: German

Meaning: A longing for distant places, travel-hunger.

Her fernweh was strongest during the long winter months.