| 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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