Cuts: Pointing, question & people words

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Already covered (35)

A word already in the list does this job.

• orepolite watashiI (male, casual)masculinecasual only#44Near-synonym of kept watashi; a blunt male register variant with no new meaning.
• ano hitothat person; he / she#60Covered by "this/that + noun" ano + "Person, thing, matter, place" hito. Composes from kept ano + hito; worth adding 'ano hito = he/she' to the hito gloss.
• anatayou#68Name plus -san and sotchi ('you') already do the job; anata is better avoided in speech.
• nankasomething (casual)casual only#72Covered by "Something, someone" nanika; nanka. Casual contraction of kept nanika; the filler sense is already in G.
• nakainside, in; among (X no naka de ichiban = the most of X)#133Covered by "In, on, near, other" naka / soto. Same word as the kept naka / soto pair.
• -chanpolite -san(affectionate name suffix)casual only#138-san covers name suffixes in speech; -chan is easy to tell from context.
• doushitewhy; how come#170Covered by "Question words" nande / doushite. Already kept: "Question words" lists nande / doushite together. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• senseiteacher, doctor; used as 'you' when addressing teachers, doctors and authors (senpai / kouhai = senior / junior)#191-san covers addressing people; sensei is a role noun, closer to a topic word.
• yatsupolite monothe one; thing; guycasual only#250mono, hito and the -no nominaliser already cover 'the X one' and 'that person'.
• wakereason; (sou iu wake) so that's how it is; wake wakannai = makes no sense; dou iu wake? = how come?#272Covered by wake da; -wake ja nai. wake da and -wake ja nai are kept; dou iu wake follows from them.
• aitethe other person, partner, opponent (aite ni shinai = ignore them)#276hito ('person; others') covers 'the other person' well enough for a learner.
• kou iuthis kind of#281Covered by "What kind" konna; "How / this way" kou. kou iu no and konna no do the same job; konna is kept. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• imimeaning; point (imi nai = pointless; imi wakannai = makes no sense)#287G's 'dou iu imi?' already teaches imi; imi wakannai is built with the kept wakannai.
• konna kanji / donna kanjipolite konna kanji desu / donna kanji desu kalike this, this sort of way / what's it like?, how's it going?#305The kept 'tte kanji' teaches kanji; donna/konna plus kanji builds it, and dou? also asks it.
• ueon, above, top; (ue no) older#321Covered by "In, on, near, other" ue / shita. Same word as the kept ue / shita pair.
• kotobaword(s), language (sono kotoba wakaranai = I don't know that word; kotoba ga denai = I can't find the words)#354-tte nani? and nihongo de nante iu? already cover asking about a word.
• nazewhy (formal)#409Covered by "Question words" nande / doushite. Formal 'why'; nande / doushite are already kept for conversation.
• sotooutside; out (soto de taberu = eat out)#437Covered by "In, on, near, other" naka / soto. Same word as the kept naka / soto pair.
• docchi kapolite dochira kaone or the other, either one (docchi ka ni shite = pick one; docchi ka to iu to = if anything, I'd say)#471Covered by "this/that: ways & sides" dotchi + "Something, someone" -ka series. Follows from dotchi plus the kept nanika/dareka pattern.
• nan noof what; what kind of#478Covered by "Question words" nani. Regular nani + no; nothing new to learn.
• mukouover there; the other side; them (the other party)#590Covered by "this/that: ways & sides" atchi; "this/that: places" asoko. atchi and asoko cover 'over there' and 'their side' in casual speech.
• shitaunder, below; (shita no) younger#622Covered by "In, on, near, other" ue / shita. Same word as the kept ue / shita pair.
• mawariaround, surroundings; the people around you (mawari no hito)#735minna, hito and hoka no hito cover 'the people around'; it is optional.
• nantepolite nan towhat (was said / to say)casual only#834Covered by nante?; nihongo de nante iu?. Both uses are already kept as G phrases.
• tonari / yokonext to, next door / beside, at the side#921Optional; when talking face to face, koko, soko and kotchi already handle locating things.
• tonarinext to; next door (yoko = beside, #2228)#921Duplicates the tonari / yoko entry, which is also rejected.
• ushirobehind, back (ushiro ni = behind)#1090Covered by mae / ushiro (re-add). Duplicate; it comes in with the mae / ushiro re-add.
• rei nothe ... (you know); that (thing we talked about)#1121Covered by "this/that + noun" ano. ano already points at shared knowledge (ano mise); rei no is more businesslike.
• aa iuthat kind of (we know)#1183Covered by "What kind" anna. Means the same as kept anna, and is less frequent (#1183). · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• kono henpolite kono atariaround here; about this much#1367koko covers 'around here'; hen would also clash with the kept hen 'weird'.
• migi / hidariright / left (migi ni magatte = turn right; hidari no = the one on the left)#1578kotchi, atchi and pointing cover live locating; giving directions is a topic area.
• sonna ni(not) that much#2089anmari covers 'not that much'; sonna plus honto? cover the pushback.
• docchi mopolite dochira moboth; neither (with a negative)#2578Built from kept dotchi plus mo, like daremo and nanimo; zenbu also covers 'all of them'. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• dore kuraihow much; how long#4551Built from kept dore plus gurai; answers need numbers, which are out of scope.
• docchi demopolite dochira demoeither one (is fine)casual only—Covered by "this/that: ways & sides" dotchi + "Anything, anyone" -demo series. Follows directly from dotchi plus the kept nandemo/dokodemo pattern.

Skipped (13)

Too rare, narrow, formal or out of scope.

• omaepolite anatayou (rough, male)roughmasculinecasual only#65Rough male 'you'; insulting if misused. Recognition only, and drama inflates its count.
• kimipolite anatayou (familiar)masculinecasual only#173Used in songs and to juniors; masculine and risky to say. Recognition only.
• antapolite anatayou (blunt)roughcasual only#176Blunt 'you'; don't produce it. Recognition only.
• aitsupolite ano hitothat guy / her (blunt)roughcasual only#251Rough, and rude about outsiders. Mostly recognition; ano hito is the safe form.
• kanojoshe; girlfriend#273Same as kare: ano hito does 'she', and 'girlfriend' is topic vocabulary.
• karehe; boyfriend#282Names or ano hito do 'he'; the boyfriend sense is topic vocabulary.
• -kunpolite -san(name suffix: boys, juniors)casual only#333Narrower than -chan (boys, juniors); -san always works, and -kun is obvious when heard.
• koitsupolite kono hitothis guy; this thing (blunt); soitsu = that guyrough#451Rough, like aitsu; recognise it, but kono hito is the safe form.
• otagaieach other; mutual#817Narrow (#817); mostly in set phrases like otagai-sama.
• ittai(what / who) on earth#819Emphatic 'on earth'; heard more than said, and not needed to ask anything.
• ikutsupolite oikutsuhow many; how old#1556Answers need numbers and counters, which are out of scope; #1556.
• ikurademoas much as you like; plenty#2178Optional and less frequent (#2178); takusan and ippai handle 'plenty'.
• atashipolite watashiI (female, casual)femininecasual only#4312Casual female variant of watashi; easy to recognise and optional to use.