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1. 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 dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.” 俄语，作家弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫对这个词的描述是：“英语中没有哪个词能精确表达toska的含义，这个词表达了一种深刻的精神上的痛楚，通常这痛楚是无由来的。它也可以表达程度比较轻的、灵魂的隐痛，一种没有思慕对象的渴求、一种忧愁的思念，一种微弱的忧虑不安感、精神上的剧痛、渴望。在某些特定情况下这个词可以表达对特定对象的渴求，比如乡愁、相思。这个词程度最轻的含义是无聊、烦闷。” 小编注：……以后不说什么忧伤了，说toska 2. Mamihlapinatapei Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – “the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start” 火地岛的一种土语，意为：两个同样抱有做某件事的决心但都不愿着手行动的人彼此间交换的一种无言而意味深长的眼神。 | 
