Cuts: Stance, attitude & manner

Sorted by drama-subtitle rank, most frequent first.

Already covered (27)

A word already in the list does this job.

• jibun deby oneself; on one's own#78Covered by jibun; "Together, alone, as is, without asking" hitori de. jibun is kept, and adding de is regular; hitori de already does 'by myself'. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• minna deall together#111Covered by minna; "Together, alone, as is, without asking" issho ni. minna plus de is regular, and issho ni does the 'together' job.
• honto nipolite hontou nireally, truly#161Covered by honto ni; "Honestly, actually" maji de / hontou ni. Same word and job as kept honto ni (Degree, amount & limits) and hontou ni (Honestly, actually).
• honto wapolite hontou waactually; in truth (contrary)#199Covered by "Honestly, actually" jitsu wa; honto?. jitsu wa does the 'actually, in truth' job; honto wa is easy to understand from kept honto. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• tashika niindeed; that's true#230Covered by tashika ni. Already kept in G with the same agreeing/conceding job. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• kanarazuwithout fail; always#390Covered by "How sure: adverbs" zettai. In casual promises zettai does this job (zettai renraku suru). · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• shikkarifirmly; properly; reliable#411Chanto (#169) already covers 'properly'. Adding shikkari mainly creates a near-synonym that's easy to confuse. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• doushitemono matter what; just can't#543Kept dou plus -te mo already builds dou shite mo; zettai and zenzen dekinai cover the rest. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• honki deseriously, in earnest#559Covered by "Honestly, actually" maji de / hontou ni. maji de / hontou ni do the sincerity check (maji de?).
• wazawazagoing out of one's way#587Thanks and waving off effort already work with arigatou and -nakute ii. It overlaps with sekkaku's effort framing.
• tashikaif I remember right#702Kke and tabun already hedge memory, and it's easy to confuse with the kept tashika ni.
• igai tosurprisingly#798Covered by omotta yori. omotta yori does the 'surprisingly' job (omotta yori oishii).
• marudejust like, as if (+ mitai)#862Covered by mitai. mitai carries the comparison; marude only strengthens it.
• tsuiwithout meaning to#914Covered by -chau. -chau already carries the 'oops, didn't mean to' sense; tsui only boosts it.
• sassatoquickly, hurry up and (sassato kimete = just decide already)casual only#1036Covered by "Fast, slow, properly, well" hayaku. hayaku does 'hurry up and' (hayaku kimete).
• sasuga ni(even so) that's going too far; understandably#1098It sits right next to the kept sasuga and is easy to confuse with it. Chotto muri already concedes limits. #1098.
• tamatamaby chance#1139Optional for coincidence stories, low spread, #1139. Gives little versatility per slot.
• zehiby all means; definitely#1143Invitations and eager yeses are already covered by -nai?, yokattara, ii ne and mochiron. #1143. · 1 of 3 judges kept it
• isshoukenmeiwith all one's effort#1224Covered by ganbaru; ganbatte. ganbaru and ganbatte do the effort talk.
• wazatoon purpose#1378Gomen and -ru tsumori ja nakatta already handle disputes about intent. #1378, low spread.
• nazekafor some reason#1893Nande ka wakannai kedo, built from kept parts, already says it. #1893, optional.
• futsuu ninormally; just plain#2185Covered by futsuu. futsuu is kept and futsuu ni is regular; the slang 'pretty' sense is optional.
• kojinteki nipersonally (speaking)#2508Covered by watashi; to omou. watashi wa ... to omou already marks an opinion as one's own.
• nantonakusomehow; for no real reason#2554Betsu ni already answers nande? with 'no particular reason'. Its frequency is low: #2554 kanji, #4044 kana.
• narubekuas much as possible; if possible#2906Covered by "Softeners" dekireba. dekireba does the 'if possible' softening (dekireba hayaku).
• tekkiriI was sure (but I was wrong)#2954Covered by to omou; -kedo. -to omotta (kedo) already clears up a wrong assumption; tekkiri is #2954.
• kihonteki nibasically, as a rule#4814Covered by daitai; itsumo. Rare in drama speech (#4814); daitai and itsumo already frame routines.

Skipped (11)

Too rare, narrow, formal or out of scope.

• dondonmore and more; go ahead#757Narrow; motto covers escalation, and 'dig in' is a host phrase.
• somosomoin the first place#767Mostly heard in arguments; low need to say it.
• chokusetsudirectly, in person (chokusetsu kiite = ask them yourself)#942Situational (asking or buying directly); not a stance word, and optional.
• hakkiriclearly; plainly#1033#1033 and fairly narrow; chanto and yukkuri cover the learner's 'say it clearly' needs.
• jissaiactually; in practice#1110#1110 and adds little beyond jitsu wa and honto ni.
• mushirorather; if anything#1127#1127, argument-flavoured; no hou ga and yori cover comparisons.
• gyaku nion the contrary; conversely#1144#1144, an optional pivot; demo and -kedo carry contrast for a learner.
• tekitou niany old way; as you like#1392Rank #1392 for all uses of tekitou; it's a casual extra, and its 'sloppy' sense can mislead.
• tsuide niwhile you're at it, on the way#1938#1938 and errand-specific; ato (oh, and also) adds extra requests.
• massugustraight (ahead); straight, directly (massugu kaeru = go straight home); straightforward, upright (person)#2303Mostly about directions, which are out of scope; #2303.
• aru imiin a sense, in a way (aru imi sugoi = impressive, in a way)#4266#4266; a rare framing hedge.