Untranslatable Words

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Across
  1. 3. A Portuguese term，Signifying a nostalgic yearning for someone, something or somewhere, it is no passing sentiment but a longer-term accumulation of experiences that stay with us and beckon us from afar
  2. 5. Icelandic for a long， deep conversation， late into the night
  3. 6. Yiddish phrase for supporting another emotionally， spiritually， and verbally， without judgement
  4. 7. French for a serendipitous ‘find’ or discovery
  5. 9. A Finnish word meaning grim and stoic determination， in spite of all antipathy or obstacles
  6. 10. Danish term for a delightfully cozy, intimate moment or thing
  7. 12. A German phrase specifically for when all your cables are all tangled up， making a ‘cable salad’
  8. 13. Welsh, a longing for the land of our fathers. It’s like having a piece of elastic tied to Wales and your heart under constant tension
  9. 14. refers to strolling the streets of Paris in a leisurely way. It implies no goal or destination, but purely the simple pleasure of soaking up the city's beauty.
  10. 16. Serbian word denoting the feeling of bliss and sense of oneness with the universe that comes from simple pleasures. It refers to the pursuit of small daily pleasures that all add up to a great sense of happiness and fulfillment.
  11. 17. A Hindi word from Bombay，Meaning: a flexible approach to problem-solving that uses limited resources in an innovative way
  12. 18. (Norwegian): You try to help, but do too much so instead you do harm. (From a tale about a bear wanting to kill a fly on its owners nose, and instead killed the human.
Down
  1. 1. Japanese for acquiring many books， letting them pile up without reading them
  2. 2. Colloquial German for (colloquial) a slappable face, a face "in need of a punch"
  3. 4. A Spanish term for lingering at the table after a heavy meal
  4. 7. A Russian term; At its lower levels it represents ennui, a vague restlessness, or a dull ache of the soul. More acutely it can describe a strong yearning with nothing to yearn for. In particular cases, it may be the desire for somebody or something specific, a sick pining. At its deepest it refers to a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without specific cause.
  5. 8. Armenian for ‘nose hair’， colloquially means someone overly concerned with unimportant details
  6. 11. Arabic， literally translates to ‘you bury me’. a way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you, as it would be unbearable to live without them.
  7. 15. German term meaning a longing to escape from crowds，and have time to yourself， specifically in the woods