Twenty untranslateable words.

This mouthful is Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego). Basically, it is - the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start.

This word would be very useful in the english language. It basically means something is so not funny, that you laugh anyway.

Inuit, which is the native Alaskan people. This word basically means to check and see if someone is coming.

This Russian word was best described by Vladmir Nabokov, he said, - "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"

It is a word for when you call someone and let it ring once on a phone so they will call you back.

The only definition close to what this means is - a state of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery.

Brazilian for running your fingers tenderly through someone's hair.

This Scottish word means to put off introducing someone because you forgot their name.

A word for a mother who pushes her children towards academic achievement.

Tshiluba (Southwest Congo) is the language for this word. The loose translation is someone who has been fooled twice but refuses to be again.

This danish word is something that really has to be experienced but is a rather warm, friendly and cozy feeling.

This Spanish word translates to something like - the mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person.

This French word refers to the urge to jump from high places.

This Portuguese word refers to that longing feeling you have for someone or thing, that you love that is lost.

This Arabic word means "you bury me" basically saying you hope they out live you because you can't imaging living without them.

This word is similar to being home sick or misplaced from ones home land.

This German word basically means regretting of missed opportunities as one grows older.

Pascuense (Easter Island). This word basically means to borrow your friends things until you've taken all of them.

Without a direct translation, the best description of this words meaning is - a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.

German. This doesn't translate directly into any other language but the basic meaning is - the enjoyment of watching others misery.