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Saudade (Portuguese)

Pronounced:

Saudade → sow-DAH-jee

•	“sow” → like now, but softer

•	“DAH” → open and warm

•	“jee” → gentle, almost like the “s” in measure

A deep, melancholic longing for something absent, not quite sadness, not quite nostalgia.

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Komorebi (Japanese)

Pronounced:

ko → koh (like “core” without the r)

•	mo → moh

•	re → reh (short, crisp)

•	bi → bee

Sunlight filtering through leaves; light broken into softness. A moment that exists only while you’re noticing it.

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Fernweh (German)

Pronounced:

Fernweh → FEHRN-vay

•	Fern → fehrn

•	“e” like in air

•	the r is soft, almost swallowed

•	weh → vay

•	German w = v sound

•	“eh” becomes a long ay (like day)

“Farsickness” — a longing for places you’ve never been. Homesick for the unknown.