Vocab from "Beautiful Life" (ビューティフルライフ)

Best Japanese drama ever :)

抱く

だく = to hold in one’s arms; to have sex with {Note: This is the verb used in Episode 5 that caused a cultural earthquake in restrained Japan, when Kyoko says to Shuji 抱いて, literally “hold me” but widely understood to mean “make love to me.”}

美容師

びようし= hairstylist

ハサミ

scissors

お客さん

おきゃくさん = customer; client

車いす

wheelchair

仕方がない

しかたがない = It can’t be helped”

神様

かみさま = god; deity {Note: This word is plural by nature, from Shinto polytheism, so it blissfully does NOT refer to the god of the Bible.}

天国 = てんごく

The concept of heaven or paradise in various religions, often depicted as a place of eternal peace and happiness. Used romantically to avoid the verb 死ぬ = to die}

恋人

こいびと = lover {Note: The very bold title for Episode 1 is 車いすの恋人, even though Kyoko and Shuji are not even close to becoming lovers.}

生きる

いきる = to live; to exist in a state of being alive, often associated with experiencing life fully and embracing its moments.

「俺が、お前の足になる」

おれがおまえのあしに なる "I will become your legs"; Shuji’s best line.

爆弾

ばくだん = bomb; also refers to certain alcoholic drinks; in E1, Kyoko asks Shuji if he’s planning to make a bomb

規則

きそく = rule or regulation; in E1 杏子 explains that Shuji can’t take a certain book out of the library, saying 規則は規則でしょ

理系

りけい = science

残り

のこり = remainder or leftover; in E1 Kyoko uses it to refer to leftover food