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Japanese Versatility List

Cuts: Degree, amount & limits

Sorted by drama-subtitle rank, most frequent first.

Already covered (32)

A word already in the list does this job.

  • minnapolite minasaneveryone; everything#111Covered by minna (everyone; all of you). Same word and job as the kept J item; minasan can sit on that card.
  • zuttoby far; much (more)#142Same headword as kept zutto; add 'zutto ii' as an example there, not a new item.
  • koso(this one) for sure, precisely (kondo koso = this time for sure; sore koso = exactly that)#320Kondo koso is covered by zettai; kochira koso belongs in G as a phrase.
  • ijoumore than; any more#349Kept mou covers 'any more' (mou muri); amount uses are out of scope. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
  • igaiexcept; other than#492Kept hoka (#613) already does 'other than / besides' (sono hoka, hoka ni).
  • totemovery#617Covered by "Really / very" metcha / totemo. Already kept: the "Really / very" card is labelled 'metcha / totemo'. · 2 of 3 judges kept it
  • juubunenough; plenty#638Covered: mou ii, daijoubu and 'kore de ii' (-de ii) already decline or say enough. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
  • nashipolite nashi desunone, no (X); without (satou nashi de = without sugar); off / not OK (kyou wa nashi = it's off today; sore wa nashi = that's a no)#704-naide, dame and 'X wa ii' cover without/off; not worth a new block.
  • zenineveryone; all members#741Covered by minna. Minna does the casual 'everyone'.
  • dondonmore and more; go ahead#757Covered by -ku naru / -te iku and motto; 'dig in' via douzo.
  • kanzen nicompletely; totally#829Covered by "Not at all / not much" zenzen, "All / a lot" zenbu. In casual talk zenzen chigau and zenbu wasureta do the 'totally' job.
  • saeeven; if only#854Covered by "Also / only" mo. Mostly heard, not produced; 'kodomo de mo wakaru' with mo says the same.
  • mattakucompletely; (not) at all#983Covered by "Not at all / not much" zenzen. stronger, stiffer zenzen; the kept item already gives the meaning.
  • choupolite totemosuper; ultraslangcasual only#1010Covered by "Really / very" metcha. Casual-only slang booster; metcha fills the same slot.
  • semeteat least#1148Kept dake plus -demo gives 'dake demo' (at least), natural and already producible.
  • tattaonly; a mere#1157Covered by "Also / only" dake. 'Go-fun dake' already says 'only five minutes'. Tatta just adds stress.
  • sorezoreeach, respectively; each to their own#1206Rarely needed; kept '-ni yoru' (hito ni yoru) covers 'each to their own'.
  • -zutsueach; at a time#1233Most uses need counters; gradual change already covered by -te kuru and -you ni naru.
  • daibuconsiderably; a lot#1236Covered by "Really / very" kanari, kekkou. Kanari and kekkou already report how much something changed (kanari yoku natta).
  • zuibunquite; surprisingly (much)#1292Covered by "Really / very" kekkou, kanari, sugoku. Kekkou, kanari and sugoku already react to 'quite a lot'.
  • sukkaricompletely (changed)#1314Covered by "Not at all / not much" zenzen, "All / a lot" zenbu. Zenzen oboetenai and zenbu wasureta say 'completely forgot' well enough.
  • anna nithat much (back then)#1332Derivable from kept anna plus sonna ni; would be a confusable near-duplicate. · 2 of 3 judges kept it
  • aru teidoto some extent, more or less#1368Covered by "About / exactly" daitai. 'Daitai wakaru' already hedges skill or knowledge.
  • hanbunhalf#1380fraction, close to out-of-scope numbers; not a gap in conversational intent.
  • konna nithis much; so#1783Derivable from kept konna plus sonna ni; fold onto the sonna ni card instead. · 2 of 3 judges kept it
  • hoboalmost; nearly#1912Covered by "Not at all / not much" hotondo. Hotondo already says 'almost all / nearly'.
  • sappari(not) at all+ negative#2211Covered by "Not at all / not much" zenzen. Mostly the fixed 'sappari wakaranai'; zenzen wakannai says the same.
  • ryouhouboth#2475Covered by dotchi + "Also / only" mo; "All / a lot" zenbu. 'Dotchi mo' (kept dotchi + mo) and zenbu answer 'which one?' with 'both'.
  • girigirijust barely; at the last minute; cutting it close#2660Low rank and narrow; kept nantoka covers 'barely made it' (nantoka ma ni atta).
  • waritofairly; relatively#5970Covered by "Really / very" kekkou. Rare in speech once spellings are combined; kekkou does the same 'fairly' job.
  • mou sukoshia little more—Covered by "A bit / more" mou chotto. Same meaning as mou chotto, which also works in polite requests.
  • onaji guraiabout the same—Covered by onaji + "About / exactly" gurai. Built from two kept items, onaji and gurai, so it needs no card of its own.

Skipped (4)

Too rare, narrow, formal or out of scope.

  • yoppodopolite yohodoreally, very much; must really (be)#1817Expressive and mostly heard. Sugoku with n da ne covers 'you must really be…'.
  • sukunaku tomoat least (minimum)#1939#1939 and stiffer. If the list gets an 'at least', semete is the casual pick.
  • seizeiat most, at best (seizei ichi-jikan = an hour at most)#3097#3097. Narrow 'at most' that is usually attached to numbers, which are out of scope.
  • donna nihowever much; how much#3341#3341. Narrow 'no matter how' frame that E's -te mo already carries. · 2 of 3 judges kept it