LIT.S1 · Human Connection
THE ARCHIVE

Feelings with no
English word

Every feeling we’ve found a word for — kept and numbered. The community votes one onto a drop. The rest wait their turn.

S1 · Human ConnectionLive Drop
Lost in TranslationWORD #001
SAUDADE
/saw-DAH-djee/
Portuguese · Noun
“A bittersweet longing for someone or something loved and lost.”
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S1 · Human ConnectionIn Voting
Lost in TranslationWORD #002
정
JEONG
/jʌŋ/
Korean · Noun
“The deep affection and bond that quietly grows between people over time.”
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S1 · Human ConnectionIn Voting
Lost in TranslationWORD #003
UBUNTU
/ʊˈbʊn.tu/
Nguni Bantu · Noun
“I am because we are — our humanity is bound up in each other’s.”
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S1 · Human ConnectionUpcoming
Lost in TranslationWORD #004
仁
REN
/ʐən/
Chinese · Noun
“The warmth and benevolence of treating others as fully human.”
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S2 · PurposeUpcoming
Lost in TranslationWORD #005
生き甲斐
IKIGAI
/ee-kee-guy/
Japanese · Noun
“Your reason to get up in the morning — where joy and purpose meet.”
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S3 · JoyUpcoming
Lost in TranslationWORD #006
木漏れ日
KOMOREBI
/koh-moh-REH-bee/
Japanese · Noun
“Sunlight scattered as it filters through the leaves of trees.”
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