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[nerdfury]

Slightly late, my apologies. As you should all expect, here's some words without English equivalents!

Toska
Russian
Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a

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[prettygoodword]

It's actually kyōiku mama, two words -- the first in kanji, meaning education, the second in katakana, being the English word Mama. Think stage mother, only focused on academic achievement instead of show-biz.

---L.

[notthebuddha]

I can pass on some word candidates if you like.