Favorite Untranslatable Japanese

What’s your favorite example of untranslatable nuance in the Japanese language (especially with examples from Japanese media?) I personally like the subtle tonal stuff you can do with grammar/politeness levels. A character can end a sentence with です、だ、another particle, or multiple particles, and thereby set up information about their relationship with whoever they’re talking to very efficiently.

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さあぁ。。。

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にゃんぱすーー!! :cat:

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All the different onomatopoeia sounds

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G-great post, Shun-san :flushed:

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