There probably hasn't been a pressing specific need in English for those specific words; English has definitely borrowed a number of Japanese words, some of whi

There probably hasn't been a pressing specific need in English for those specific words; English has definitely borrowed a number of Japanese words, some of which are very common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Japanese_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Japan... For example, something like 木枯らし (kogarashi, the first wind of winter) is extremely specific and must have been important at some point in Japanese culture, but there isn't any real need for it in English any more than there is for "zephyr" (a gentle wind from the West). Some of these do have English equivalents, like しょうがない, which is really two words and a particle. Most people I know who speak English would just say "oh well" in a resigned tone or, more casually, "shit happens."