Razbliuto
Language: Russian
Meaning: The feeling toward someone you once loved.
Seeing her again stirred a quiet razbliuto - affection, but no desire.
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Won
Language: Korean
Meaning: Reluctance to part with something or someone loved.
She held her grandmother’s scarf with a deep sense of won.
Mbuki-mvuki
Language: Bantu
Meaning: To shed clothes to dance uninhibitedly.
The festival was so joyful that people gave in to mbuki-mvuki, dancing barefoot and carefree.
Flâneur
Language: French
Meaning: A person who strolls the city in search of meaning.
He spent the afternoon as a flâneur, people-watching in cafés and alleys.
Pelinti
Language: Ghanaian
Meaning: Moving hot food around in your mouth to avoid burning it.
His impatience with the pizza ended in a lot of pelinti and regret.
Kummerspeck
Language: German
Meaning: Excess weight gained from emotional overeating.
After the breakup, his fridge was empty and his kummerspeck was real.