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5 Esperanto Words That Don't Translate

Concepts in Esperanto That are difficult to easily and directly translate to other languages.
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What Doesn't Translate Excites
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  • Japanese : 青木まりこ現象 (Aoki Mariko genshō)
  • Chinese : 归海 (guī hǎi)
  • Filipino : plantito/plantita
  • Chinese : 缺心眼 and 心眼多
  • Chinese : Tony
  • Chinese : 背影 (bèi yǐng)
  • Chinese : 琴 (qín)
  • Chinese : 断章取义 (duàn zhāng qǔ yì)
  • Chinese : 地方支援中央
  • English : Halcyon (adj.)
  • German : Kümmerkram
  • Malagasy : Tofoka (adj.)
  • English : headcanon
  • Chinese : 婚托 (hūn tuō)
  • Korean : 딱따그르르 (t͈a̠k̚t͈a̠ɡɯɽɯɽɯ)
  • Swedish : Snedda
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