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We also don't have 13 different words for I (glances at Japan)
Not the worst example for Japanese. The verb kakeru 掛ける is very common and has ~25 different meanings. This is before you count the other verbs also pronounced as kakeru such as 翔ける、賭ける etc
How many definitions does the English word "set" have?
And “get”!
Yeah but we win, we Can Say "putain" in any situation. It will Always work.
C'est une putain de bonne idée pour apprendre ce putain de langage, putain
It can be argued that most of the different meanings arise from different contexts and how the speakers associate that particular word to different uses. When an English speaker uses the word save, it can mean either "save a person from danger", "save a computer file", and many others, which can have different meaning-translations to other languages.
For anyone curious, here's the list
I (a man), I (a woman), I (a girl), I (a boy), I (nonbinary), I (a robot), I (a human), I (an alien), I (a divorced father of three), I (a ghost), I (a dog), I (a government agent), I (your long lost twin)