Preface | p. ix |
Abbreviations | p. xiii |
Introduction | |
On Expressive Japanese | p. 3 |
Expressive Japanese and the Characteristics of Japanese Discourse | p. 16 |
On Entries | p. 37 |
Emotion | |
When Deeply Moved | p. 47 |
Being Emotional and Being Moved | p. 47 |
Moved to Tears | p. 52 |
Heartfelt Emotion | p. 55 |
Moved with Exclamatives | p. 61 |
Experiencing Emotion | p. 68 |
Joy and Happiness | p. 68 |
Tenderness and Warmth | p. 73 |
Sadness, Pain, and Difficulties | p. 76 |
Loneliness | p. 81 |
Dislike and Hatred | p. 86 |
Anger and Frustration | p. 90 |
Worry and Fear | p. 95 |
Jealousy | p. 99 |
Emotionally Evaluating | p. 104 |
Nice, Cool! and Not So Cool! | p. 104 |
Characterizing Events with Emotion | p. 110 |
Evaluating with Nante and Nanka | p. 114 |
Expressing "Konna" Feelings | p. 118 |
Afterthoughts about Events | p. 123 |
Responding to Circumstances Emotionally | p. 127 |
When Facing Trouble, Failure, and Misery | p. 127 |
Regrets and Self-Mockery | p. 133 |
Giving Up | p. 138 |
Showing Surprise and Disbelief | p. 142 |
Being Relieved or Disappointed | p. 148 |
When Emotion Is Intense | p. 152 |
The Best and the Worst | p. 152 |
Adding Extra Emphasis | p. 156 |
Expressing Considerable Emotion | p. 161 |
Cannot Stop Feeling | p. 166 |
Emotional Emphasis through Sound | p. 169 |
Falling in and out of Love | p. 173 |
Proclaiming the Bond of "the Two of Us" | p. 173 |
To Feel like Falling in Love | p. 176 |
Intimate Vocatives and References to Lovers | p. 180 |
Feelings of One's Aching Heart | p. 188 |
Confessing and Declaring Love | p. 192 |
Shifting Styles as Love Grows | p. 198 |
Refusing Advances | p. 202 |
Breaking Up | p. 204 |
Emotion in Conflict Situations | p. 209 |
Defiance | p. 209 |
Interjections in Conflict Situations | p. 213 |
Cursing and Offensive Language | p. 216 |
Denying Relevance | p. 220 |
Criticizing Angrily: Nani and Rhetorical Questions | p. 223 |
When Trying to End the Conflict | p. 227 |
Empathy | |
Revealing Oneself Softly | p. 233 |
Identifying Oneself | p. 233 |
Shyness | p. 240 |
Preamble to Frankness | p. 245 |
Deflecting the Impact of a Remark | p. 251 |
Revealing One's Inner Psychological Process | p. 254 |
Co-Experiencing Feelings | p. 259 |
Sharing Topics | p. 259 |
Putting Feelings First | p. 263 |
Sharing the Target of Emotion | p. 267 |
Meaning through Meaningless Words | p. 270 |
Creating Phrases and Sentences Together | p. 274 |
Sharing Visual Empathy | p. 278 |
Being at a Loss for Words | p. 282 |
Appealing to Empathy and Amae | p. 286 |
Confirming Shared Feelings with the Particle Ne | p. 286 |
Soliciting the Partner's Emotional Response with the Particle Yo | p. 291 |
Sharing Empathy through the Particle Mo | p. 296 |
Appealing to Social-Expectation-Based Empathy | p. 299 |
Good-Natured Teasing | p. 304 |
Appealing to Amae | p. 307 |
Showing Concern | p. 312 |
Expressing Sympathy and Compassion | p. 315 |
Designing Utterances for the Partner | p. 320 |
Being Artfully Vague | p. 320 |
Ending the Sentence without a Tone of Finality | p. 326 |
Sharing Thoughts as Feelings | p. 331 |
Using Question-like Intonation | p. 338 |
Concerned with Conversational Empathy | p. 341 |
Confirming Understanding | p. 341 |
Being Serious | p. 345 |
Seeking Permission to Ask a Personal Question | p. 349 |
Leading Up to Negative or Sudden News | p. 353 |
Echo Questions and Responses | p. 358 |
Asserting Oneself Expressively and Being Creative | p. 366 |
Showing Conviction and Determination | p. 366 |
Expressing Assertiveness through N(o) Da | p. 370 |
Commenting on One's Own Speech | p. 374 |
Sarcasm and Tautology | p. 380 |
Asserting in Silence | p. 387 |
Being Playful and Creative by Mixing Styles | p. 389 |
Showing Intimacy through Banter, Puns, and Jokes | p. 400 |
Information about Authentic Sources | p. 403 |
Suggested Reading: References in English for Learning the Japanese Language | p. 415 |
References | p. 417 |
Index of English Cues and Subject Index | p. 419 |
Index of Japanese Expressions | p. 425 |
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