>does not mean you can't express the same content through a combination of words and sentences. This is not true, from my experiences studying foreign language

>does not mean you can't express the same content through a combination of words and sentences. This is not true, from my experiences studying foreign languages. There are many words and idioms/phrases that don't have an accurate translation into any other language. Even a paragraph-long translation fails to translate the nuance and meaning behind the word. The author's list has many Japanese definitions that I don't entirely agree with - or fail to translate the nuance behind the words/phrase. At best you get a close approximation. This is one of a few reasons why things are "lost in translation". Without an equivalent - the nuance is lost.