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Question 0

Koi No Yokan (Japanese)

Answer 0

The sudden knowledge upon meeting someone that the two of you are destined to fall in love.

Question 1

Ya’aburnee (Arabic)

Answer 1

“You bury me”

The hope that the person you love will outlive you so you can spare the pain of loving without them.

Question 2

La Douleur Exquise (French)

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The heartbreaking pain of wanting someone you can’t have.

Question 3

Forelsket (Norwegian)

Answer 3

That overwhelms euphoric feeling you experience when you’re falling in love with someone.

Question 4

Kilig (Tagalog)

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The heady-sublime rush you experience right after after something good happens, particularly in love/dating. Like running into your crush, kissing someone for the first time, hearing someone you love tell you they love you too for the first time.

Question 5

Iktsuarpok (Inuit)

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The anticipation you feel when you’re waiting for someone to come over to your house.

Question 6

L’espirit de espalier (French)

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The inescapable feeling you get when you leave a conversation then think about all the things you should have said.

Question 7

Meraki (Greek)

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Doing something with soul, creativity or love.

Question 8

Fernweh (German)

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Feeling homesick for a place you have never been to.

Question 9

Yuanfen (Chinese)

Answer 9

A relationship by fate or destiny.

Question 10

Age-Otori (Japanese)

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To look worse after a haircut than you did before.

Question 11

Backpfeifengesicht (German)

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A face badly in need of a fist.

Question 12

Pochemuchka (Russian)

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A person who asks a lot of questions.

Question 13

Schadenfreude (German)

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The pleasure derived from someone else’s pain.

Question 14

L’appel du vide (French)

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“The call of the void”

The instinctive urge to jump from high places.

Question 15

Jayus (Indonesian)

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A joke so poorly told and unfunny that one cannot help but laugh.

Question 16

Cafuné (Brazilian Portugese)

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To tenderly run one’s fingers through someone’s hair.

Question 17

Torschlusspanik (German)

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The fear of diminishing opportunities as one ages.

Question 18

Dépaysement (French)

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The feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country.

Question 19

Arigata-meiwaku (Japanese)

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An act someone does for you that you didn’t want to have them do and tried to avoid having them do, but they went ahead anyway, determined to do you a favour, and then things went wrong and caused you a lot of trouble, yet in the end social conventions required you to express gratitude.

Question 20

Gigil (Filipino)

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The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is incredibly cute.

Question 21

Gâchis (French)

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A wasted opportunity

Question 22

Pana Po’o (Hawaiian)

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To scratch your head in order to remember something you have forgotten.

Question 23

Gumusservi (Turkish)

Answer 23

Moonlight shining on water.

Question 24

Vybafnout (Czech)

Answer 24

To jump out and say boo!

Question 25

Glas wen (Welsh)

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A smile that is insincere or mocking.

Question 26

Boketto (Japanese)

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The act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking.

Question 27

Pisan Zapra (Malaysian)

Answer 27

The time needed to eat a banana.

Question 28

Pesmenteiro (Portuguese)

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One who shows up to a funeral just for the food.

Question 29

Shitta (Farsi)

Answer 29

Leftover dinner eaten for breakfast.

Question 30

Manque (French)

Answer 30

Having failed to become what one might have been.

Question 31

Firgun (Hebrew)

Answer 31

Taking pleasure in someone else’s success.

Question 32

Kalon (Greek)

Answer 32

Beauty that is more than skin deep.